3-on-3 tournament raises $400
By Neal Broadus Lord’s Gym Chairman On Saturday, Feb. 12, the weekend before Valentine’s Day, the Lord’s Gym of Jackson County Community Activity Center held their first Holiday 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. The tournament was held as a fundraiser to help the Lord’s Gym to be able to pay some of the operating cost of running the program. Twelve different teams entered the tournament, with...
Read MoreDrugs, guns found in Martin search
INEZ – A Martin County man faces drug and possibly other charges following an investigation by Operation UNITE. More than $10,000 in cash, 14 guns and approximately 50 assorted pills – including Roxycodone, Xanax and Opana – in an unmarked bottle were confiscated by police following a search of a home on Bill Stepp Bottom in Inez on February 5. “We will present evidence gathered from this...
Read MoreCitizen tips lead to Bath drug arrests
OWINGSVILLE – Calls to Operation UNITE’s drug tip line resulted in the arrest of two individuals on Wednesday, February 2. UNITE detectives, along with U.S. Forest Service Special Agent Kenneth Scarberry, began their investigation a day after receiving the complaint of possible drug activity in Owingsville. While checking out the information they identified a suspect and, with assistance from...
Read MoreCrack cocaine dealer arrested in Lynch
LYNCH – A large quantity of crack cocaine and cash were confiscated following the search of a Harlan County residence on Friday, January 28. Operation UNITE charged 23-year-old Abdulkadir Mahmed Areys of Knoxville, Tennessee, with one count of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. “There will definitely be additional arrests related to this investigation,” said Dan Smoot, law...
Read MoreRally to set facts straight on SB-45
Critics of legislation that would require a prescription for pseudoephedrine-containing products – the key ingredient in methamphetamine production – don’t have their facts correct, according to the head of a regional anti-drug organization. “By regulating a small number of medications the state will be able to dramatically reduce meth production while saving both lives and dollars,”...
Read MoreDrug trafficker arrested in Cumberland
CUMBERLAND – A Letcher County man suspected of selling large amounts of prescription pills in the Tri-Cities area was arrested January 27 following an undercover investigation by Operation UNITE. Cumberland Police Chief Mike Franks, Harlan County Sheriff Marvin Lipford, and Chief Deputy Winston Yeary accompanied two UNITE detectives to an apartment on Mastin Drive in Cumberland about 3:20 p.m....
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