MIDDLEPORT — Pounds and pounds of marijuana valued at nearly $50,000, over $100,000 in cash, two motorcycles, four all-terrain vehicles, an SUV, a pickup truck, a fishing boat and trailer, a lawn mower and a new safe were seized Saturday in one of the largest drug seizure cases in recent history.

Martin Woodard, 60, Hysell Run Road, and David Hubbard, 39, Jeffers Road, were jailed early Saturday after sheriff’s deputies, agents with Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and Ohio State Highway Patrol and a city police officer and canine investigation unit from Gallipolis executed search warrants at their homes.

Woodard is charged with felony possession of marijuana and felony trafficking in marijuana, and may face federal charges for illegal firearms, Meigs County Sheriff Robert Beegle said Monday. After securing a search warrant, officers found two pounds of marijuana, valued at $3,400, and several illegal modified firearms at his home.

Woodard was not home at the time the search warrant was executed, but arrived during the investigation and was transported to jail, Deputy Rick Smith said.

Less than a mile away, at the Hubbard residence, deputies seized approximately 15 pounds of marijuana, bagged in one-pound packages, $105,523 in cash, two Harley Davidson motorcycles, four all-terrain vehicles, a Chevrolet Tahoe, a Dodge dual-wheel pickup truck, a fishing boat and trailer, a John Deer lawn tractor and a new safe.

All items were transported to the county sheriff’s department, where they remained Monday. Beegle said the items are believed to have been purchased from drug proceeds, and said he will seek forfeiture of the cash, safe and vehicles to the county.

Smith said the marijuana and cash were found in separate nylon duffle-type bags at Hubbard’s home. The pot is valued at $35,000 to $40,000.

According to Beegle, the cash was turned in for a cashier’s check for security reasons.

Hubbard is charged with felony possession of marijuana, felony trafficking in marijuana, and tampering with evidence. Both men were to be arraigned late yesterday.

Beegle said the seizure cases are the result of a year-long investigation. While the two men are not believed to be direct accomplices, “the same investigation led to both places,” Beegle said. Additional arrests are expected.

Smith said seizure is the largest cash seizure tied to a drug investigation he has ever seen.