Suspected Heroin Courier Arrested

February 6, 2010

At 1700 hours on 6 Feb 2010 Agents with the Major Crimes Task Force and Detectives and Uniformed Officers of the Washington County Sheriff's Office conducted an interdiction traffic stop on IS-77 near Milepost 13. Arrested was Kyle A. Morris, age 28, 103 Muskingum Drive, Marietta, OH for possession of 86 balloons of heroin and approximately two grams of cocaine. Morris was originally stopped for speeding and later admitted the drugs hidden under the front seat belonged to him. Morris was arrested and transported to the Washington County Jail where he is being held on a F3 and F5 drug possession charge. The drugs have a street value of approximately $5,000.