Authorities in Pottawattamie County say a Carter Lake Police Officer was taken to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs as a precautionary measure Monday morning after he responded to an incident at a Carter Lake motel and later became light headed. Carter Lake Police Chief Shawn Kannedy told KETV in Omaha, that the incident happened after employees at a Super 8 motel around saw bags of drugs left in a room and called police at around 11-a.m., Monday.  Officer Brock Gentile was on the scene along with Pott. County Sheriffs Deputies, the Iowa State Patrol, Omaha Police and Omaha Fire fighters. Gentile brought the drugs back to police headquarters to be booked into evidence and test the narcotics.

Kannedy said that’s when Gentile got light headed. Afterward, Carter Lake police requested additional help to make sure wasn’t the powerful drug fentanyl or something more dangerous. The drug tested positive for methamphetamine. The bags contained about 1.5 lbs. of meth. Officer Gentile was held overnight in the hospital, and was expected to be released and back to work today (Tuesday).

The investigation is currently in the hands of the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force. Investigators are working to track down where the drugs came from based on the log of motel guests.