Sheriff Bill Lewis said his department is continuing to aggressively control the sales of illegal drugs in Lewis County.

Lewis said two men were charged last week in connection with trafficking and possession of controlled substances.

Deputy Dwayne Stone said that on Monday morning his office received a call that a man was passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle on Butler Hollow Road.

Stone said that as he approached the driver's side of the vehicle, he saw a man holding plastic baggies and said the man told him that he was just resting.

Stone said the baggies contained four Hydrocodone tablets and seven Alprazolam.

The man, Aaron T. Webb, 25, of Franklin Furnace, Ohio, was arrested and charged with second degree possession of a controlled substance, third degree possession of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance not in its original container.

He was lodged in the Lewis County Detention Center.

Deputy Johnny Bivens said that on Tuesday he conducted a traffic stop, which resulted in the arrest of a Carter County man and the seizure of some 800 pills and cash.

Bivens said Douglas Kiser, 44, of near Carter City, was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

A search of the man's vehicle revealed prescription medications along with pill crushers, digital scales, plastic baggies and $1,883 in cash.

Bivens said the pills included Hydrocodone, Xanax, Oxycodonoe, Soma and other prescription medications. He said the street value of the pills was estimated at $8,500.

In addition, Kiser was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia as well as first, second and third degree trafficking in a controlled substance. He was lodged in the Lewis County Detention Center.

A Tollesboro grocer and an employee were indicted by a Lewis County Grand Jury for food stamp fraud in alleged incidents dating to September of 2004.

Suzanne H. Himes, 51, was charged with six counts of food stamp fraud and Jana R. Doyle, 31, was charged with three counts of food stamp fraud.

According to information on the indictments, Himes, on five occasions allegedly allowed non-eligible items to be paid for on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card and on a sixth occasion debited the card outside the presence of the card holder.

Doyle allegedly allowed non-eligible items to be paid for on two separate occasions and on a third occasion allegedly, along with Himes, allowed non-eligible items to be paid for on an EBT card and debited the items to the card that had been charged to a charge account. The incidents allegedly happened at Himes Grocery in Tollesboro.

Food stamp fraud is a class D felony.

A spokesman with the Lewis County Sheriff's Office said the two were arrested Thursday and added that Himes posted a $30,000 cash bond and Doyle posted a $10,000 cash bond.

Vanceburg City Council met in a brief regular session last week and heard from a CPA who helped to conduct the annual audit.

The audit for fiscal year 2004-2005, was conducted by Smith, Goolsby, Artis and Reams and is on the financial statements of the city to search for any instances of noncompliance or misstatements with certain provision of laws, regulations, grant agreements, contracts or financial statements.

The CPA told council members that the audit determined no instances of noncompliance and stated that the city had a "clean" audit.

Council also met in closed session to discuss proposed or pending litigation. No action was taken on the matter when returning to open session.