Liberty police look for person who dumped illegal drugs at hotel

LIBERTY — Township police are looking for the person responsible for $150,000 worth of illegal drugs found under the stairwell of a township hotel.

Police Chief Rich Tisone said today officers responded to a call about suspicious activity at the Quality Inn Hotel on Belmont Avenue at midnight Tuesday. The responding officers found five individually wrapped kilos of suspected cocaine tucked under the stairwell.

Tisone said the street value of the drugs is about $30,000 per kilo.

No arrest has been made. Tisone said the suspected drugs will be destroyed once the investigation and any legal proceedings have been concluded.