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Local undercover drug investigation nets 18 persons Nine of 18 local people charged in connection with an undercover drug investigation have been arrested, according to law enforcement agencies. The roundup began Friday morning targeting individuals who had been indicted in Pulaski, Wayne and McCreary counties. A total of 85 indictments were handed down for the three county area, following an undercover investigation by Operation UNITE, the Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force, and the Pulaski County Sheriff¹s Office. Also involved in Friday¹s roundup were Appalachian HIDTA, Kentucky State Police, the Burnside Police Department, the Eubank Police Department, the Somerset Police Department, the Monticello Police Department, the Science Hill Police Department, the McCreary County Sheriff¹s Department, and the Wayne County Sheriff¹s Department. Those arrested from Wayne County were: €David Dobbs, 23, trafficking in a controlled substance third degree €Jason Fairchild, 31, trafficking in a controlled substance first degree €Raymond J. Garrett, 35, trafficking within 100 yards of a school and possession of marijuana under eight ounces €Josh Russell, 27, trafficking in a controlled substance and persistent felony offender €James Troxell, 56, trafficking in a controlled substance first degree €Nathan Decrane, 32, manufacturing meth and trafficking in marijuana over eight ounces €Derek Chaplin, 22, possession of marijuana under eight ounces €Nichole Niersman, 20, trafficking in a controlled substance first degree €Luke Southwood, 34, trafficking in a controlled substance second degree Pulaski, Wayne, and McCreary counties are part of the Cumberland Narcotics Task Force, which serves 11 counties. Since January 15, 2004, UNITE detectives throughout the 29-county service area have opened a total of 1,333 criminal cases, seized 10,672 pills, 13,873 grams of marijuana, 1,508 grams of cocaine, and eight pounds of methamphetamine. The street value of these drugs is well over $2 million. Reader Comments Bruce Smith (12/16/2004) There needs to be some sort of safeguard implemented to prevent the buying of methamphetamine precursors at the retail level. Most of the ingredients required to operate a meth lab can be purchased at many areas stores without any restrictions except maybe to quantity. This does not however stop the would be manufacturers from going to several stores or even have several people purchase the items at the same store at different times. One example is the ingredient pseudoephedrine which is in many cold/allergy preparations. In my opinion this ingredient should require a prescription and removed from over-the-counter status as was done with ephedrine a few years ago. But some kind of deterrant should be sought. If we are serious about decreasing the meth problem in our community and state let us at least do a little preventative action and not wait until the finished product is on the street and availabe to our children,family, and friends. There will always be a drug problem as long as someone is willing to exploit our youth and older citizens. I commend our law enforcement personnel and government officials, but just throwing money at an old problem seems to fail at getting at the ground level operation and even the cause of the problem. As long as we have problems with meth and other drug abuse in this country I feel that countries like Iraq and other American haters can just set back and watch us destroy ourselves. Add a comment |
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