Security guard arrested for drug trafficking during Ohio music festival

A Licking County man was arrested for drug trafficking during Ohio music festival Lost Lands..

According to the Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force, on September 19 Garrett Brethauer was arrested during an investigation at the Lost Lands music festival in Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio. 

Detectives allege they observed him conduct a hand-to-hand exchange before searching him and locating suspected narcotics.

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According to investigators, when approached, Brethauer told detectives he had been hired to work security for the event and admitted to trafficking drugs.

Investigators recovered the alleged substances including MDMA, LSD, ketamine, and suspected DMT. The filing states officers located two full sheets of suspected LSD plus additional partial sheets totaling more than 250 doses. The substances were reportedly being submitted to the Central Ohio Regional Crime Lab for analysis.

Brethauer was arrested by the Licking County Sheriff’s Office on a drug trafficking felony charge and is awaiting indictment.

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