Citizen 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....
Read MoreCouncil discusses prescription monitoring
PRESTONSBURG – Kentucky’s efforts to monitor the sale of prescription drugs continues to be among the best in the country, but there is still much to be accomplished, the head of a national monitoring initiative told members of UNITE’s Medical Advisory Council Thursday, January 20. “The problem is growing worse rapidly,” said John Eadie, director of the PMP Center of Excellence at...
Read More3 arrested for drugs in Monticello
MONTICELLO – Three men face drug-related charges following the execution of a search warrant on Wednesday, January 19. Two of the men face charges related to the sale of marijuana while the third man is believed to be involved in the production of methamphetamine. “We had been investigating the sale of marijuana from an apartment building on Ridgewood Avenue for about a month,” said Dan...
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