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Evidence is displayed in a case in which large amounts of illegal drugs were seized in Bellaire Friday. Christopher Franklin, 32, of Canton, Ohio, was arrested along with James Kempf, 55, of Bellaire and Monique Green, 50, of Bellaire. The arrests were made by the Belmont County Sheriff’s Criminal Interdiction Unit with assistance of the Bellaire Police Department. The suspects allegedly were in possession of over 300 grams of methamphetamine, more than an ounce of crack cocaine and over 1 ounce of powder and pressed fentanyl. All three suspects were lodged in the Belmont County Jail, charged with first-degree felony possession of and trafficking in cocaine and fentanyl. If convicted, they would be considered to be “Major Drug Offenders” under Ohio law, the sheriff’s department notes in a release.