Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a 756-count indictment against 100 people in a huge drug trafficking investigation this week in Northeast Ohio.Authorities are calling the investigation Operation Big Oak (Breaking Into Gangs/Opiate Addiction Knockdown).DeWine's office says that the trafficking operation operated primarily between Cuyahoga and Columbiana counties and funneled the equivalent of 1 million potentially fatal doses of carfentanil and 350,000 potentially fatal doses of fentanyl into Columbiana County alone.The suspects are accused of trafficking fentanyl, carfentanil, heroin and cocaine. During the investigation, an East Liverpool police officer came into contact with a small amount of fentanyl and nearly died, DeWine said."The amount of fentanyl and carfentanil that this drug trafficking organization allegedly brought to this area was enough to kill every single person in Columbiana County, plus every man, woman, and child in 11 other nearby counties," said DeWine.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a 756-count indictment against 100 people in a huge drug trafficking investigation this week in Northeast Ohio.

Authorities are calling the investigation Operation Big Oak (Breaking Into Gangs/Opiate Addiction Knockdown).


DeWine's office says that the trafficking operation operated primarily between Cuyahoga and Columbiana counties and funneled the equivalent of 1 million potentially fatal doses of carfentanil and 350,000 potentially fatal doses of fentanyl into Columbiana County alone.

The suspects are accused of trafficking fentanyl, carfentanil, heroin and cocaine. During the investigation, an East Liverpool police officer came into contact with a small amount of fentanyl and nearly died, DeWine said.

"The amount of fentanyl and carfentanil that this drug trafficking organization allegedly brought to this area was enough to kill every single person in Columbiana County, plus every man, woman, and child in 11 other nearby counties," said DeWine.

