TAG task force arrests 3 after seizing $100,000 of marijuana at Warren apartment

STAFF REPORT

WARREN — Police on Monday seized marijuana at a Harvard Drive apartment and made drug- trafficking arrests.

Investigators with the Trumbull- Ashtabula Group Law Enforcement Task Force were assisted by Howland, Niles and Girard police departments in conducting a search at 1052 Harvard Drive.

The task force seized 54 pounds of marijuana valued at more than $100,000. Also seized were drug paraphernalia, digital scales, cell phones, packaging materials, miscellaneous shipping receipts, a flat- screen television and $1,550 in U.S. currency.

The search followed a one-month investigation into the trafficking of marijuana throughout Trumbull County.

Those arrested are Jonathan Putnam, 31; Candace Ware, 24, and Jason Putnam, age unknown. Each will be arraigned today in Warren Municipal Court on charges of felony drug trafficking and possession of marijuana.

Investigators will also be filing charges at a later date on a male and female who also were found at the apartment during the investigation.

The TAG Law Enforcement Task Force is a multicounty major crimes unit that focuses investigations on drug traffickers, firearm traffickers, gangs and homeland security.