Five people were recently arrested in Laurel County with a large amount of drugs seized in the process.

 

An undercover drug buy took place off of exit 49 on I-75 on Monday. According to officials, the situation quickly turned around as one suspect held the other two at gunpoint as officers moved in.

 

According to police, Justin Cooper, Travis Jefferson, and Christopher Brown were all arrested. The three men are all from Lexington. Deputies say they seized over a pound of meth and several-hundred pressed fentanyl pills.

 

More arrests are said to have been made with a connection in Lexington. Investigators claim they found one of the sources for supply at a home on Cambridge Drive.

 

While at the home, police are said to have seized almost 44-pounds of meth, nearly five-pounds of cocaine, and 19,000 pressed fentanyl pills.

 

Laurel County Sheriff’s Office Officials say this is the largest meth bust in the history of their office.

 

Two individuals were arrested at the home; Ariadna Lemus Fuentes, of Lexington, and Jose Alberto Valles Espinoza, a Mexican national.

 

All five suspects are now facing multiple state and federal charges.