(8-3-25) Around 12:39 a.m. Saturday, deputies with the Darke County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on Grubbs Rex Road near Gordon Landis Road, south of Arcanum. 

During the traffic stop, bulk amounts of suspected fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine were seized. 

The driver, 34-year-old Ethan Green of Parker City, Indiana, and his passenger, 33-year-old Travis Ford of Farmland, Indiana, were both taken into custody. 

Green was arrested on the following charges: 

  • Aggravated Possession of Drugs, a second-degree felony. 
  • Tampering with Evidence, a third-degree felony.
  • Driving under Suspension, a first-degree misdemeanor.

Ford was arrested on the following charges: 

  • Aggravated Possession of Drugs, a second-degree felony. 
  • Tampering with Evidence, a third-degree felony.

Further charges are pending a review of the case from the Darke County Prosecutor’s Office. 

Both Green and Ford are in custody at the Darke County Jail pending their arraignments.