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K-9 search turns up pot, no heroin

Hamilton County Sheriff's Department
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The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office says Monday's search at the jail turned up marijuana, but no heroin.

The department used drug sniffing dogs to search each section of the justice center. One inmate was searched when a K-9 alerted in his pod. Two  small bags of marijuana were found in the inmate's waistband.

The sheriff's office conducts the sweeps randomly. Sheriff Jim Neil says in light of increasing problems with heroin use and overdoses, including several that occurred in the jail, he plans to step up the unannounced searches.

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