News Release
WARSAW — Local residents provided several drug tips to the Kosciusko County Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET43) that led to an investigation regarding illegal drug activity in the Beaver Dam area in southwestern Kosciusko County.
On Wednesday, NET 43 officers and the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group (SOG) executed a search warrant for items associated with dealing illegal drugs at 9505 South CR 750W, Claypool.
Law enforcement also served an arrest warrant on 32-year-old Tyler J. Hanish for dealing in a fentanyl-containing substance, a Level 2 Felony, according to a news release from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office.
NET 43 undercover operations purchased fentanyl from Hanish on three separate occasions over several months. The undercover operation netted approximately 15.71 grams of fentanyl, one pound of marijuana, mushrooms, an AR-15 rifle, two handguns, pills, and drug paraphernalia.
The Drug Enforcement Administration reported that .002 grams of fentanyl was a potentially lethal dose. The 15.71 grams of fentanyl netted by NET43 had the potential to cause 7,855 deaths.
Hanish is charged with dealing in a fentanyl-containing substance, Level 2 felony, and three counts of possession of a narcotic drug, Level 6 felony.
His cash bond was set at $52,500.
Additional charges resulting from the search warrant included dealing in a fentanyl-containing substance with enhancing circumstances, level 2 felony; possession of a narcotic drug with enhancing circumstances, level 5 felony; maintaining a common nuisance, level 6 felony; and possession of paraphernalia, a class C misdemeanor.
NET43 is a collaborative law enforcement unit, consisting of officers from the Kosciusko County Prosecutors Office, Warsaw Police Department, Indiana State Police, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office, Winona Lake Police Department, and the Nappanee Police Department, that remains dedicated to the citizens of Kosciusko County.
NET43 provides integral investigations and enforcement of Indiana’s drug laws. The investigators of NET43 would like to remind the residents of Kosciusko County and surrounding areas they can provide drug tip information by emailing NET43@kosciusko.in.gov or calling the NET43 tip line at 574-372-2494.
