38 sought in Pulaski roundup
SOMERSET – Drug trafficking is a huge problem in Somerset and Pulaski County that requires a strong coordinated effort to stop. That effort was on full display Tuesday, August 31. “We average about 20 drug arrests per week,” acting Somerset police chief Major Doug Nelson explained to more than three dozen people gathered at Somerset City Hall prior to a roundup of 38 suspected drug...
Read MoreLawrence drug roundup
LOUISA – An investigation into the illegal sale of prescription medication by Operation UNITE has resulted in arrest warrants for 24 individuals. UNITE detectives, along with officers from the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office and Louisa Police Department, set out to serve the warrants during a roundup conducted Friday morning August 20. By mid-afternoon 17 of the suspects had been...
Read More‘Pill Dragon’ debuts
HAZARD – Flames shot skyward each time the steely beast slowly opened its wide, black mouth. With an insatiable appetite Operation UNITE’s new “Pill Dragon” digested course after course of prescription medications in the parking lot behind the Hazard Police Department, drawing curious gazes from dozens of passers-by. The “dragon” – one of two portable incinerators on loan from the...
Read MoreMagoffin drug roundup
More than a dozen Magoffin County residents suspected of either transporting or reselling prescription pills from Florida were targeted for arrest June 14 in a roundup conducted by Operation UNITE. Most of the cases involved the drug Roxicodone, a form of Oxycodone, a narcotic pain reliever that works by dulling the pain perception center in the brain, said Dan Smoot, UNITE’s law enforcement...
Read MoreTwo charged with cocaine trafficking
CORBIN – Two Ohio residents were arrested Thursday, April 1, following a drug investigation by Operation UNITE. Working in conjunction with the Corbin Police Department, detectives executed a search warrant at a home on Carter Street in Woodbine about 4:30 p.m. Officers recovered approximately 1 ounce of suspected cocaine, 10 Hydrocodone pills and 15 Oxycodone pills. “Chief David Campbell...
Read MorePike drug dealer arrested
PIKEVILLE – Hundreds of prescription pills, cash and a rifle were confiscated following the execution of a search warrant in the Shelbiana community on March 26. Operation UNITE charged 47-year-old Patricia Hopkins with one count each of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, and third-degree trafficking in a controlled...
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