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2 arrested, ‘large quantity' of drugs seized in Laurel County investigation
LONDON, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Louisville man and a Manchester woman were arrested on Wednesday night after allegedly being found with a large amount of drugs during a London traffic stop.
Court records show that just before 6:45 p.m. on May 28, detectives with the Laurel County Sheriff's Drug Interdiction Unit helped with a traffic stop on East 4th Street.
The sheriff's office posted on Facebook that while searching a blue Dodge Charger driven by 44-year-old Johnny Asher of Louisville, authorities allegedly found 'a large quantity of suspected methamphetamine, marijuana, and a smoking pipe.'
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Asher was charged with first-degree conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine, first offense, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
An arrest citation shows that 49-year-old Roberta Ann Benge of Manchester was in the passenger seat of the Charger during the investigation. Benge allegedly told authorities she had a small plastic bag of marijuana under her clothes. She was arrested and charged with first-degree trafficking in two grams or more of methamphetamine, first offense—possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana.
The Laurel County drug investigation remains ongoing.
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