Two people arrested following drug bust in Ohio

OHIO — Two men are facing federal drug trafficking charges after a major bust by the FBI in December.

According to court documents filed Monday at the federal courthouse in Toledo, Thomas Zuber, a resident of Lambertville, Michigan, has been charged with drug trafficking.

The documents outline a complex operation involving a stash house on Upton Avenue in Toledo and the suspected distribution of methamphetamine pills between Detroit and the Kentucky border.

Zuber and his associate, Ibrahim Akl, are believed to have run the operation.

FBI surveillance on Zuber began in September, and a controlled purchase of drugs took place in December.

On January 27, the FBI executed search warrants at both Zuber’s home on South Summerway Court in Lambertville and the stash house on Upton Avenue.

Authorities discovered approximately 5,000 methamphetamine pills at the stash house and drug manufacturing equipment at Zuber’s residence.

Zuber has a criminal history, having been convicted on drug charges in 2009 and 2010 in Lucas County, and again in 2017 in Wyoming.

He appeared in court on Tuesday, where he was appointed a public defender, and is scheduled to return to court on February 5. Akl is due in court on January 30.

The investigation is ongoing.