LIMA — The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Monday that drug arrests on state highways are up 20 percent from 2015 in the first six months of this year.
In the first six months of this year, troopers made 7,493 drug arrests. The OSHP contributes the increase to extra time being spent at traffic stops to look for possible indicators of criminal activity.
“Many felonies that occur in our state will at some point involve our highways,” said Lt. David Brown, commander of the Lima post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. “That means troopers have an opportunity to stop a crime by looking for criminal indicators during traffic stops.
In total, the OSHP has seized more than 885,000 grams of marijuana and 53,000 grams of heroin in the first half of 2016.
The patrol asks motorists to report impaired drivers or suspected drug activity by calling #677 on their mobile phones.
