On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force, assisted by the Portsmouth Police Department and the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office, stopped a vehicle in the 1900 block of Grant Street in Portsmouth. Due to evidence obtained during an active task force investigation, the driver, identified as 24-year-old James Reed, of Dayton, Ohio, was arrested and charged with trafficking in suspected heroin. During a search of the suspect’s motel room on Kendall Avenue, officers seized over $2000 in cash, 12 grams of suspected heroin, digital scales, and additional evidence of drug trafficking. Reed was lodged in the Scioto County Jail.