Items seized in the investigation including about $41,000. | Photo contributed
Five people were arrested, including two on federal drug charges, Thursday after an investigation into a methamphetamine supply source for Laurel and Knox counties.
Laurel County Sheriff s Office investigators said Harvey Couch of Beaver Dam, Kentucky and Amber Price of Harrisburg, Illinois were estimated to be moving 5 kilograms (11.02 pounds) of methamphetamine between Atlanta, Georgia and London and were reportedly also trafficking to Illinois, every two weeks.
Investigators arrested Price, 54, and Couch, 24, at a residence off Hopkins Cemetery Road Thursday as they arrived to collect drug proceeds, according to a Laurel County Sheriff s Office press release. They are facing federal DEA charges.