Police seize heroin, cocaine & meth in hotel-room bust

Ketchikan Police Department. (KRBD file photo)

A 26-year-old Ketchikan man was indicted by a Grand Jury last week on felony drug charges following a Sept. 8^th drug bust at a local hotel.

According to the Ketchikan Police Department, officers served a search warrant at the hotel at about 2:45 p.m. on Sept. 8^th. Frederick Lauth III was there, along with two young children.

Police say they found 57 grams of heroin, 5.6 grams of cocaine, 2.6 grams of methamphetamine, paraphernalia and about $25,000 cash.

Lauth faces multiple felony drug charges as well as one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was arrested and taken to Ketchikan Correctional Center, where he remains in custody.

Lauth’s next court hearing is Oct. 2 in Ketchikan Superior Court, according to online court records.