FAYETTE COUNTY, Ind. — Court documents reveal that the drug dealer behind a multi-million dollar operation in Fayette County had a mole inside the sheriff's department feeding him information and helping him stay one step ahead of police.

In October 2022, Tristen Sweney's home in Connersville was swarmed by state police. Inside the house, state troopers found 309 pounds of packaged marijuana, 34 pounds of THC wax and 14,000 THC cartridges. All in all, the bust was valued to have a street worth of over $2 million.

And Sweney never saw it coming. But he should have. At least in his mind. Because the drug dealer had an "eye in the sky." One police wouldn't learn about fully until years later, as rumors of a dirty cop eventually led them to one of their own— former Fayette County Chief Deput

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