VANDALIA-- Ohio State Highway Patrol Troopers made the largest seizure of prescription pills in Montgomery County history, during a traffic stop in Vandalia.
14 pounds of prescription pills with a street value $340,000 were seized late Thursday night.
"Oxycontin, hydrocodone, xanax, suboxone was found in the vehicle ." Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Jon Payer said.
Late Thursday night, the Ohio State Highway Patrol got a call that a black SUV was swerving badly on I-75 south.
Troopers pulled William Hedges over near the Northwoods Boulevard exit and found all the pills in his car.
Lt. Payer said Hedges was high on drugs himself .
"He was so impaired, we weren't able to interview him last night." Lt. Payer said.
Lt. Payer said the pills were in individual baggies, ready for sale.
Hedges is from Michigan, and said he was headed to Tennessee.
Troopers said I- 75 is major thoroughfare for drug dealers, especially those from michigan
"We deal with it specifically in this area because I -75 goes from Michigan all the way down to Florida." Lt. Payer said.
Thanks to last nights tip, Lt. Payer said it led to the largest pill seizure in this area.
"We were able to take an impaired driver we got off the roadway, and we stopped how many other countless crimes involving prescription medications in the future."
The Ohio Patrol urges motorists to dial #677 if they see an impaired driver, or anything suspicious on the interstates.
Hedges is locked up in the Montgomery County Jail, facing OVI and drug charges.
14 pounds of prescription pills with a street value $340,000 were seized late Thursday night.
"Oxycontin, hydrocodone, xanax, suboxone was found in the vehicle ." Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Jon Payer said.
Late Thursday night, the Ohio State Highway Patrol got a call that a black SUV was swerving badly on I-75 south.
Troopers pulled William Hedges over near the Northwoods Boulevard exit and found all the pills in his car.
Lt. Payer said Hedges was high on drugs himself .
"He was so impaired, we weren't able to interview him last night." Lt. Payer said.
Lt. Payer said the pills were in individual baggies, ready for sale.
Hedges is from Michigan, and said he was headed to Tennessee.
Troopers said I- 75 is major thoroughfare for drug dealers, especially those from michigan
"We deal with it specifically in this area because I -75 goes from Michigan all the way down to Florida." Lt. Payer said.
Thanks to last nights tip, Lt. Payer said it led to the largest pill seizure in this area.
"We were able to take an impaired driver we got off the roadway, and we stopped how many other countless crimes involving prescription medications in the future."
The Ohio Patrol urges motorists to dial #677 if they see an impaired driver, or anything suspicious on the interstates.
Hedges is locked up in the Montgomery County Jail, facing OVI and drug charges.
