COLUMBUS, Ind. — A Bartholomew County Sheriff deputy arrested an Indianapolis suspect accused of bringing fentanyl into Columbus from another community.
Members of the Intelligence-Led Policing Unit in Columbus received information about the fentanyl and Deputy Ryan Smith conducted a traffic stop at North U.S. 31 at Bear Lane on Tuesday, deputies said.
After making contact with the driver of a white Toyota Avalon, suspected fentanyl was located on passenger Charles Russell, 25, Indianapolis, deputies said.
Russell was taken to the Bartholomew County Jail on preliminary charges of:
–Dealing in a narcotic drug – Level 4 felony
— Possession of a narcotic drug – Level 6 felony
Russell remains in jail in lieu of a $272,500.00 bond, jail officials said. JNET assisted with the arrest of the suspect, deputies said.
JNET is a combined unit of the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office, the Columbus Police
Department and the Bartholomew County Prosecutor’s Office.
ILPU is a combined unit with officers from the Columbus Police Department and the
Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office.
