Ironton drug bust results in arrest

Published 1:10 pm Friday, March 10, 2017

Officers from the Lawrence Drug and Major Crimes Task Force, the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, Ironton Police Department and the Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office executed a search warrant at 1530 S. Fifth Street in Ironton today.

Isaac Hannon, 34, was arrested at the residence, and is charged with trafficking in drugs.

During the investigation, numerous complaints of drug activity at the residence were received, and the Ironton Police Department’s K-9 Officer arrested individuals whom possessed drugs when leaving the residence. Controlled purchases of heroin were also completed from Hannon at the residence.

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The search revealed heroin, digital scales and marked money used during the controlled purchases.

Hannon will be arraigned in Ironton Municipal Court at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 13.

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