Over 50 lbs marijuana seized, two Perry Co. men indicted

NEW LEXINGTON, Ohio– Two brothers have been indicted on drug charges in Perry County after over 50 pounds of marijuana were seized.

According to the Perry County Sheriff’s Office, 34-year-old Brian L. Yost of Roseville and his 36-year-old brother, Troy L. Yost of Somerset, are facing multiple felony counts in relation to the distribution, cultivation and manufacturing of marijuana and hashish.

Narcotics detectives with the Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force received information on September 9, 2017, that Troy Yost was distributing and selling marijuana at his home at 6285 Butcherknife Road in Somerset, Ohio.

After investigating, evidence of a sophisticated grow operation was located at the Butcherknife residence.

At his brother’s residence, 9660 Township Road 57 in Roseville, Ohio, detectives seized 57.1 pounds of marijuana, 11 pounds of which were packaged and ready for distribution. The remaining 46.1 pounds were in plant form.

The sheriff’s office says the total marijuana confiscated has an estimated street value of over $187,000.

Equipment used to manufacture high levels of THC, and stolen firearms were also located.

Troy Yost is being charged with complicity to trafficking marijuana with a forfeiture specification, a felony of the second degree; illegal cultivation of marijuana with a forfeiture specification, a felony of the second degree; illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacturing of drugs with forfeiture specification, a felony of the third degree; and possession of criminal tools with forfeiture specification, a felony of the fifth degree.

He is being held at the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail on a $75,000 bond.

Brian Yost is being charged with trafficking in marijuana with a forfeiture specification, a felony of the second degree; illegal manufacturing of drugs, hashish with a forfeiture & firearm specification, a felony of the second degree; illegal cultivation of marijuana with a forfeiture specification, a felony of the second degree; illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacturing of drugs with forfeiture spec, a felony of the third degree; money laundering with a forfeiture specification, a felony of third degree; and receiving stolen property (firearm), a felony of the fourth degree.

He immediately posted a $5,000 cash bond issued by Perry County Court Judge Tina Boyer to secure his future court appearances.