9-22-10 —     According to Sheriff Charles Boston, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and the Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force received  information of marijuana growing in the Parnell community.

    Officers discovered half a million dollars worth of marijuana in a  field on Young Road.

    Officers estimated the marijuana to have a street value of $530,000.  

The marijuana plants were secured as evidence and the investigation  continues. Arrests are expected.

    From January 1, 2010 to date, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and  the Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force have conducted joint  investigations into the manufacturing, trafficking and possession of  methamphetamine, marijuana, prescription drugs and drug related  weapons in Wayne County, resulting in a total of 167 methamphetamine labs being investigated and dismantled. These meth labs had the potential of producing between 1,252 grams to 3,340 grams of  methamphetamine with a street value between $125,200 to $334,000.

    An estimated street value of $9,550 of prescription drugs  (oxycontin, oxycodone, hydrocodone and xanax) was seized in Wayne  County. Three quarters of a million dollars ($720,000) worth of  marijuana and 22 drug related weapons were seized this year.