{"id":43706,"date":"2023-07-11T01:21:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T05:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=43706"},"modified":"2023-07-10T20:28:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T00:28:03","slug":"four-arrested-in-glasgow-drug-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2023\/07\/11\/four-arrested-in-glasgow-drug-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Arrested In Glasgow Drug Bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"913\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/09\/29\/four-arrested-on-drug-charges\/drug-arrest-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Drug-Arrest-Logo.png?fit=202%2C204&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"202,204\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Drug Arrest Logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Drug-Arrest-Logo.png?fit=202%2C204&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Drug-Arrest-Logo.png?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Drug-Arrest-Logo.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Drug-Arrest-Logo.png?w=202&amp;ssl=1 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nFederal prosecutors are expected to take up a series of arrests related to a drug trafficking operation based in Glasgow.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to arrest citations, police arrested four men on July 7 in Barren County. The arrest followed an investigation by the Barren River Drug Task Force, FBI, DEA and ATF.<\/p>\n<p>Ronnie R. Johnson, 40, of Glasgow, was charged with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and engaging in organized crime. Johnson was noted as the leader and controller.<\/p>\n<p>Police seized over 20 pounds of methamphetamine through the investigation, and later seized another 6 pounds when they arrested Johnson. Ten co-conspirators were also involved.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also arrested three other people on Friday night but in separate places.<\/p>\n<p>Police say they did a traffic stop along Highway 68 after observing a vehicle crossing lane boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>Donnie R. Johnson, 40, of Glasgow, was driving the car. A passenger in the front seat of the car was identified as Kiatavion J. Johnson, 21, also of Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>A narcotics animal alerted police after a sniff around the vehicle. They later found about 3 pounds of suspected crystal methamphetamine in the glove box of the car.<\/p>\n<p>Kiatavion Johnson admitted to police that he placed the drugs there, according to an arrest citation. Donnie Johnson denied having any knowledge of the drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Both men face charges of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. Donnie Johnson was also charged with careless driving.<\/p>\n<p>Another man, identified as Duran T. Johnson, 21, of Glasgow, was arrested. He was charged with possession of marijuana, buying or possessing drug paraphernalia and first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.<br \/>\nSource: WBKO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal prosecutors are expected to take up a series of arrests related to a drug trafficking operation based in Glasgow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-archive","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-bmW","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-02 07:13:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Drug-Arrest-Logo.png?fit=202%2C204&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43707,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43706\/revisions\/43707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}