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Monticello Police seize more than $50,000 worth of drugs

Posted at 9:46 PM, Feb 02, 2020
and last updated 2020-02-02 21:46:21-05

WAYNE COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Police in Wayne County arrested two people after they found drugs worth more than $50,000 in their hotel room.

According to the Monticello Police Department's Facebook page, they received a tip and executed a search warrant inside a room at Best Western/Lake Cumberland Inn on KY 90 East Sunday at 8:00a.m.

Officers seized one and a half pounds of crystal meth with a street value of more than $50,000, eight grams of suspected cocaine, more than $5,000 in cash, a handgun and a pick-up.

Officers arrested Barney Warner and Savanna Sullivan.