All three appeared in Middletown Municipal Court Friday morning for their arraignments and Judge James Sherron set their bond. Their preliminary hearings were set for 9 a.m. Friday.
The men remain in the Middletown City Jail.
Sgt. Rob Whitlock of the Butler County Undercover Regional Narcotics Taskforce (BURN) Unit said a search warrant was also executed the same day on a vehicle that had been observed coming and going from the Middletown residence. The vehicle was stopped as it was leaving a Middletown area restaurant and the majority of the pills were found hidden in the vehicle, Whitlock said.
The investigation included the BURN Unit, the Drug Enforcement Agency-Cincinnati Office and the Middletown Division of Police Department.
In total, agents seized approximately 25,000 pressed fentanyl pills, valued at $750,000, multiple loaded firearms and digital scales, Jones said.
Whitlock said due to the large amount of pills and guns, federal charges could be file against the suspects
