COLUMBUS – Two men and two women from Columbus and Lewis Center are behind bars as authorities busted up what they say was a large cocaine-trafficking ring.
Kenneth Slaughter, 35; Carolyn Battles, 33, and Herman Swan, 52, all of Columbus; and 48-year-old Susan Warner of Lewis Center were all arrested Thursday morning and charged with drug-related offenses for allegedly being part of what authorities referred to as the “Slaughter Drug Trafficking Organization, “known for trafficking large amounts of cocaine in the central Ohio area,” said Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin.
The arrests were made during raids at a home on W. Blake Avenue in Columbus and Warner’s Clover Glade Drive residence in Lewis Center and also resulted in the seizure of powder and crack cocaine, heroin, two handguns and over $6,800 in cash, Baldwin said.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit, the Columbus Division of Police SWAT Unit and the Delaware Tactical Unit took part in the operation.