PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — A multiagency drug investigation culminated Tuesday morning when authorities descended on a Portsmouth apartment, seizing a cache of suspected fentanyl worth more than $25,000 on the street and arresting a Dayton man who now faces two first-degree felonies.
Officers from the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force, backed by Portsmouth Police Department’s SWAT team, moved on 1210 Robinson Ave. just after 7 a.m. Inside the apartment, they found approximately 213 grams of suspected fentanyl, a loaded firearm, digital scales, plastic baggies and $1,135 in cash.
Allen Deangelo Moore, 26, was taken into custody at the scene. He is charged with drug trafficking and drug possession, both first-degree felonies. Moore was booked into the Scioto County Jail and is due in Portsmouth Municipal Court for arraignment at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Prosecutors are expected to present the case to a Scioto County grand jury, where Moore could face additional charges.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about drug activity in the area to contact the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force tip line at (740) 354-3784 or at [email protected]. Tips can be left anonymously.