A maintenance worker investigating a water leak discovered three handguns and nearly 60 strips of prescription medication hidden above the ceiling of a Boardman business Thursday morning.

Police were called to the single-story, brick commercial building at 6900 Market St.  The worker told officers he was checking for the source of a water leak when he noticed a ceiling tile that felt heavier than the others.

When he removed the tile, he found a brown and silver Ruger revolver, a black Glock 10mm handgun, and a pink Sig Sauer handgun. Police also recovered nearly 60 strips of buprenorphine and naloxone, a medication often sold under the brand name Suboxone, packaged in a clear bag.

This is the second time in just over a month that weapons have been discovered at the location. According to the police report, two firearms were recovered from the ceiling in a similar incident on Dec. 2.

The discovery resembles a similar incident in downtown Youngstown last fall. In September 2025, a maintenance worker at a building on East Federal Street found seven packages of suspected narcotics hidden in a drop ceiling while changing air filters.

In that case, a worker for Chase Bank discovered the packages in a mezzanine area. While the substance initially tested negative for drugs in the field, police said a K-9 unit later indicated the packages contained narcotics.

Boardman officers seized the items found on Thursday and ran the serial numbers through a law enforcement database, but the search yielded no results.

Detectives later test-fired the Glock and Sig Sauer handguns to verify that they work and to collect shell casings for the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, or NIBIN. This national network allows police to compare unique markings on shell casings against a database of evidence from other shootings. A match could determine if the hidden weapons were used in previous crimes.

The worker told police he did not know who the items belonged to, and no suspects were identified at the time of the report.