{Salvisa, Kentucky}...Three Mercer County residents are facing charges after allegedly trying to traffic marijuana through the mail. Sheriff's deputies and postal investigators went to a home in Salvisa after a police dog detected the odor of marijuana on packages being sent to the address. Deputies arrested 46 year old Laura Wiley and 47 year old Gary Wiley after authorities seized more than five pounds of processed marijuana. Deputies later arrested 55 year old Ricky Merriman elsewhere and seized a large amount of processed marijuana. The Wileys are each charged with one count of trafficking more than five pounds of marijuana. Merriman is charged with trafficking more than eight ounces of marijuana and second-degree trafficking a controlled substance.
