GALLIPOLIS — Following the execution of a weekend search warrant, three people were arrested during the early morning hours on Sunday for allegedly selling heroin out of a local hotel.
According to a release issued on Monday by the Gallia County Sheriff's Office, Gallia County Sheriff's deputies, with the assistance of officers with the Gallipolis Police Department and troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, arrested three individuals for drug-related offenses at approximately 1:30 a.m. on Sunday morning at the Budget Inn Hotel on Jackson Pike.
Amanda L. Burns, 32, Ronda L. Jamison, 30, and Eric S. Greer, 38, all of Gallipolis, were arrested at the scene and are being held in the Gallia County Jail under charges of aggravated possession of drugs, schedule I and II.
The deputies who executed the search warrant also reportedly found heroin and other drug-related items in the room occupied by the suspects.
According Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning, the investigation that led to the search warrant began after local law enforcement agencies received complaints about alleged drug trafficking occurring out of some of the hotel's rented rooms.
Further charges concerning trafficking in heroin are pending consultation with the Gallia County Prosecutor's Office.
Browning further commended the officers who assisted in the multi-agency effort.
"The trio (arrestees) participated in an enterprise of corrupt activity making a business of selling heroin out of the hotel. They had separate rooms on separate floors they were storing and selling heroin out of," Browning stated. "The amount of foot traffic into and out of the hotel was one indicator of drug sales, along with recent thefts in the area that included car break-ins and burglaries we feel were being done by 'addicted purchasers' to get funding to buy heroin from these offenders."
Browning added that the investigation into drug trafficking in the area of the hotel will continue by the agencies involved.
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