Two Facing Drug Charges Following WPD Arrests

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Wheeling Police arrested two people after conducting a recent search warrant in South Wheeling.

On Friday, April 7, police executed the search warrant at 3735 Eoff Street. Once officers entered the house, they located various types of illegal narcotics, including several grams of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana. Drug-using materials and instruments were also seized.

As a result, Austin Lee Troy, 26 of Martins Ferry Ohio and Rebecca Ann Armstrong, 48 of Wheeling were arrested and each charged with possession of a controlled substance. Both were taken to the Northern Regional Jail, where they currently remain incarcerated.

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