Thursday, September 13, 2012

Big Bust In Williamsburg

{Williamsburg, Kentucky}...Williamsburg Police spent Thursday bagging twelve pounds of marijuana, hundreds of pills and more than $20,000 they found at a home in Gatliff late Wednesday night. Detectives say they were canvassing East Highway 904 on a case not related to the drugs when they drove up to a house and saw Michael Rose standing in the driveway talking to Johnny Johnson in a van, and they pulled into the driveway, where they smelled the aroma of marijuana. Police Chief Wayne Bird says Johnson had five pounds of marijuana in plain view setting between two seats. Bird says they got a search warrant and then found another seven pounds of pot in another vehicle. They also found hundreds of pills under bricks and more than $20,000 in cash on the property. Police seized two vehicles and a Polaris Ranger UTV.They arrested 50 year old Michael Rose and 57 year old Johnny W. Johnson and charged them with trafficking marijuana over five pounds.