Drug trafficker arrested in Cumberland

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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...

Clay drug trafficking arrest

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MANCHESTER – A Clay County man was arrested on three drug trafficking charges after a variety of prescription pills was found in his possession. Operation UNITE arrested 43-year-old James O. Acker on one count each of first-degree, second-degree and third-degree...

2 charged with selling pills from Florida

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CUMBERLAND – Less than five hours after citizen tips alerted police of out-of-state men selling drugs in the Tri-Cities area two people were behind bars. “With the help of the Cumberland Police Department we were able to set up an undercover buy from these men,” said...

Prison drug smuggling arrest made

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SOMERSET – A Pulaski County man is behind bars following an investigation into a drug smuggling operation at an Eastern Kentucky Prison. Larry Ellison, age 25, of Poplar Estates, Somerset, was arrested Monday on count of second-degree trafficking in a controlled...

2 arrested in cocaine investigation

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PIKEVILLE – Two men were in jail Thursday, Sept. 30, after an Operation UNITE investigation uncovered a cocaine trafficking operation in Pike County. Both men, neither of whom could produce documentation that they were in the United States legally, were taken into...