OHIO — A central Ohio drug task force has confiscated 44 pounds of fentanyl in Madison County, marking one of the largest seizures of the deadly synthetic opioid in the group’s history, authorities announced Thursday.
The seizure was carried out Wednesday by the Central Ohio Major Drug Interdiction Task Force as part of an ongoing investigation. The task force operates under the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission, a division of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
Dave Yost said the drugs, valued at approximately $800,000, will never make it into Ohio communities.
“This is 44 pounds of agony and devastation that will never reach our communities,” Yost said in a statement. “Our task forces are hard at work every day, thwarting traffickers and choking off the supply of these lethal drugs.”
The investigation has resulted in charges against two individuals. Their names and specific charges were not immediately released.
In all of 2025, the commission’s major drug task forces seized 86 pounds of fentanyl statewide, underscoring the scale of this latest bust.
The Central Ohio Major Drug Interdiction Task Force includes the Columbus Division of Police, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Gahanna Police Department, Madison County Sheriff’s Office, FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, IRS, Ohio State Highway Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations. The Madison County Prosecutor’s Office is handling the case.
The investigation remains ongoing.
