Investigation leads to break-up of drug deal

April 29, 2016

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Franklin Co. Sheriff says an investigation into drug dealing at Compton’s Apartments in Frankfort led to law enforcement busting up a deal in Anderson Co.

According to the Sheriff, while executing a search warrant at an apartment, investigators learned that a drug deal was planned in Anderson. After contacting the Sheriff there, detectives were able to intercept the deal and make 2 arrests.

31-year-old Joseph Barbee(pictured above,) of Frankfort, and 32-year-old Robert Cardwell, of Louisville, were charged with trafficking, according to the Sheriff. The men were found with a total of 7 grams of meth on them. Additionally, Cardwell was charged with resisting arrest.