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Alliance police made their largest heroin bust over the weekend. Police say detectives found 50 grams of un-cut heroin with a street value of up to $10-thousand dollars after serving search warrants on West Main and East Grant streets on Friday night. Ghani Malik Khalifa-El (formerly Demetrius "Meech" Miles) was arrested and charged with trafficking in heroin and possession.

In a Facebook post, officers say they have "split emotions" over making the bust. Police say heroin continues to plague nearby communities.

A complaint about drug overdoses at Rootstown High School has resulted in three arrests by the Portage County Drug Task Force.

Sheriff David Doak says 19 year-old Tarren Lowell was arrested at his home in Rootstown, and that 18 year-old Madison Schlagel of Ravenna and 18 year-old Jasen Sadler of Rootstown were arrested Tuesday at Rootstown High School.

Sheriff Doak says the Portage County Drug Task Force served a search warrant at Lowell's home and found a large amount of money, an assault rifle, marijuana and shipping boxes.

Lowell faces felony charges of drug trafficking near a school and felony charges of possession of criminal tools.

Schlagel and Sadler each face two felony counts of corrupting another with drugs. The task force says it's trying to locate the source of "several pounds" of marijuana from California.

(Portage County Sheriff's Office, news release) Sheriff David W. Doak reported that the Portage County Drug Task Force on February 1, 2016, arrested and booked into the Portage County Jail, Tarren R. Lowell, 19 years of age who resides at 3969 S.R 44, Rootstown, Ohio. On February 2, 2016 the Drug Task Force also arrested Madison Schlagel, 18 years of age who resides at 4792 Muzzy Avenue, Ravenna, Ohio 44266 and Jason L. Sadler, 18 years of age, who resides at 3825 Cook Road, Rootstown, Ohio 44272, for violations of state narcotic laws.

The Portage County Drug Task Force initiated an investigation approximately 3 weeks ago following a complaint from Rootstown High School referencing two overdoses which occurred at the school. On February 1, 2016, the Task Force served a Search Warrant at 3969 S.R. 44, Rootstown, Ohio where a large amount of U. S. Currency, Assault Rifle, marijuana and shipping boxes were seized. Tarren Lowell was taken into custody and charged with Trafficking in Drugs in the vicinity of a school, a felony of the 4th degree and Possession of Criminal Tools, a felony of the 5th degree.

On February 2, 2016 the Portage County Drug Task Force made the arrest Madison Schlagel and Jason Sadler at Rootstown High School, charging them each with two counts of corrupting another with drugs, a felony of the second degree. Task Force investigation is ongoing in attempts to locate the source of several pounds of marijuana from California.

The Portage County Drug Task Force is comprised of members from the Portage County Sheriff's Office, Portage County Prosecutor's Office, Cities of Aurora, Kent, Ravenna and Streetsboro and the Village of Hiram, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S Department of Homeland Security and Ohio BCI & I.