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KENTUCKY....
UNITE detectives are continuing their investigation into a drug trafficking operation in Pikeville. UNITE law enforcement director Dan Smoot says illegal activity centered around an apartment located on Pike Street on the east side of town not far from Pikeville College. About 7:00 A.M. Thursday morning, three UNITE detectives and four officers from the Pikeville Police Department went to the residence where they arrested 36 year old Jose A. Acahua and 35 year old Marcello Salinas, who could produce documentation that they were in the United States legally. Police discovered approximately 25 grams of powered cocaine, 20 baggies of marijuana packaged for individual sale in about one ounce quantities, and $1,000 in cash. The drugs have a combined street value of about $3,000. They were charged with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine) and trafficking in marijuana less than eight ounces. After being taken to the Pike County Detention Center, officers discovered a Lortab pill concealed on Salinas, and he was additionally charged with second-degree possession of a controlled substance. Additional charges against Acahua and Salinas, as well as possible indictment of other individuals, is expected after the case has been presented to the Pike County Grand Jury.