LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Two folks had been arrested after a significant drug bust in Jeffersontown final week, in line with Louisville Metro Police.
LMPD stated detectives from the Violent Crime Unit executed a search warrant within the 1000 block of Stone Spring Means, close to Hurstbourne Parkway.
In keeping with LMPD, this investigation began due to an nameless tip from the group by its tip line, 574-LMPD.
Police stated they arrested Clayton Jones, 21, and Athena Smith, 20, each of Louisville.
Clayton Jones and Athena Smith. Louisville Metro Corrections.
Police seized round 50 kilos of marijuana, greater than 1,000 THC vape pens and cartridges, greater than 10 kilos of psychedelic mushrooms, a number of kilos of THC wax and edibles, ledgers displaying large-scale trafficking operation and enormous quantities of money, in line with LMPD. Police stated this was roughly $50,000 value of medicine.
Whereas police executed this search warrant in Jeffersontown, this stays an LMPD case, not Jeffersontown police.
“LMPD obtained the tip on that case, in order that they ran with it, which is completely regular,” Jeffersontown Police Detective Mike Lauder stated Tuesday. “We now have such an excellent working relationship with LMPD. We all know they should come into J-City for issues on their investigations and vice versa.”
Lauder stated Jeffersontown detectives have talked with LMPD in regards to the case.
“We all know all of the folks concerned within the case that Metro simply labored, and we’ll clearly focus and look again and see if there’s something that may department out of that case that we are able to comply with up on inside Jeffersontown,” he stated. “As a result of something like that, that is a major case, and we clearly wish to find out about it and, we’ll do all the pieces we are able to on our finish to comply with up on it.”
Jones and Smith each face costs of Trafficking marijuana, a number of costs of Trafficking in a managed substance and shopping for possessing drug paraphernalia.
Each are scheduled again in court docket Jan. 16.
Louisville Metro Police haven’t launch data together with the names of the suspects.
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