Drug Bust In Defiance

Area officers execute a search warrant and make an arrest. The suspect?…classified as a major drug offender. Officials tell reporters… Derek Brandi, 36, of Defiance…was picked up. Agents say they found 1 kilo of suspected methamphetamine at his place. He is now charged with drug possession…along with a major drug offender specification for suspected fentanyl-related compounds, which carries a maximum eight-year prison sentence if he’s convicted. He was taken to the Paulding County Jail.