PORTSMOUTH, OH – A Cincinnati man was arrested on first-degree felony drug charges following a Southern Ohio Drug Task Force investigation, officials announced.

On October 27, 2025, at approximately 4:43 p.m., task force officers, assisted by the Portsmouth Police Department SWAT team, executed a narcotics-related search warrant at a residence located at 1556 12th Street in Portsmouth.

During the search, authorities seized:

About 390.81 grams of suspected fentanyl/opiates

51.09 grams of suspected crack cocaine

One loaded firearm

Digital scales and sandwich baggies

$1,673 in cash

Additional evidence of drug trafficking

The estimated street value of the suspected drugs is $51,900.

Twenty-eight-year-old Eric Tywan Johnson of Cincinnati was arrested and charged with trafficking and p

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