CELINA – Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey reported Wednesday that the Heroin Interdiction Team and the Mercer-Auglaize County Drug Task Force made several arrests earlier this week.
At approximately 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thomas Dean Phillips Jr., 48, of Spencerville, was stopped for a traffic violation. During the stop a K-9 alerted on the vehicle and Phillips was found to be in possession of approximately 2 grams of methamphetamines. He was arrested for possession of drugs, and held at the Mercer County Adult Detention Facility on a $100,000 bond.
Also arrested was Stephen E. Lawson, 26, of Celina. Lawson was arrested as the result of a controlled buy of narcotics from him at a local business parking lot. He was found to be in possession of 39 bindles of heroin. Lawson was arrested for trafficking in drugs and possession of drugs and is being held in the Mercer County Adult Detention Center on a $100,000 bond.
Seized was a 2004 Ford F150 truck and $1,278 in cash. That arrest led to a local hotel, where additional suspected heroin, marijuana and cash was located, along with assorted drug paraphernalia. Additional charges against other individuals are pending, the sheriff said.
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