Drugs found in Middletown, Sharonville have street value of more than $160K; man arrested

A Sharonville man was arrested Thursday after a search of his residence and a Middletown location turned up pounds of suspected fentanyl and methamphetamine along with cash, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.

The Butler County Undercover Regional Narcotics Task Force in coordination with the FBI and Middletown police executed search warrants at about 5 p.m. in the 4700 block of Roosevelt Avenue in Middletown and on Timber Ridge Lane in Sharonville. About 340 grams of meth\ and three pounds of fentanyl were seized, along with $9,700 in cash, according to the sheriff’s office. The street value of the drugs seized is more than $160,000.