1 arrested following narcotics search warrant in Piqua

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PIQUA – On February 28, detectives with the Miami County Sheriff’s Office and Piqua Police Department executed a search warrant in the 700 block of Young Street in the City of Piqua.

The search warrant was the result of a several-month-long narcotics investigation involving the trafficking of cocaine. Items seized included cocaine, drug manufacturing equipment, drug paraphernalia and U.S. currency.

Taken into custody without incident and incarcerated in the Miami County Jail was Steven K. Whitt (31) of Piqua. Whitt was charged with two counts of trafficking narcotics and one count of manufacturing narcotics.

The investigation is ongoing. Additional charges are pending.