LIBERTY, Ohio - The Liberty Police Department has released the results of its patrol efforts in the township's hotel district area.

The department says it conducted what they called a Criminal Patrol Interdiction in the district over the weekend.

Police say the department-wide effort was to combat the high volume of calls involving the illegal distribution and possession of narcotics, firearms, prostitution, assaults and wanted fugitives.

"While our agency works diligently every day to prevent these types of crimes from occurring, we have taken an extra proactive approach to combating these incidents from impacting our community," the department stated in a news release. "The interdiction patrols are designed to eradicate the narcotic dealers and wanted fugitives who check into our hotels for the purpose of delivering or selling narcotics or committing various other crimes."

Results of the criminal patrol on May 7 can be found below.

41 traffic stops/subject encounters
27 traffic/criminal citations issued
11 towed vehicles
7 drug-related offenses
4 wanted fugitives
2 firearms recovered
1 stolen car recovered

The department says it will continue these criminal patrols as well as daily patrols in the hotel district and other parts of the township.