(Hillsboro)--Local law enforcement agencies, the South Central Illinois Drug Task Force, Montgomery County State's Attorneys Office, and the Attorney General's Office conducted "Operation Smoke Out" over the weekend in Montgomery County. The intent of the sting was to get synthetic drugs out from local stores.

According to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, the investigation led to a distributor in Jerseyville, where over one hundred thousand dollars worth of synthetic cannabis was seized.

The products were taken to District 18 headquarters, where they will be destroyed in a controlled burn.