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Following an ongoing investigation, the Bowling Green - Warren County Drug Task Force developed information of a potential load of narcotics coming to Bowling Green. We enlisted assistance from the Kentucky State Police Interdiction Team.  Detectives and KSP interdiction located the suspect vehicle returning to Kentucky from the South. When KSP initiated a traffic stop a brief pursuit followed but Troopers were able to stop the vehicle about 5 miles south of Bowling Green on I-65 at 2 PM yesterday (January 4, 2023).  The occupants were arrested without further resistance.

Following a search of the vehicle 80 pounds of crystal methamphetamine (Mexican Meth) was seized from the 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe.  This investigation resulted in the largest seizure of crystal methamphetamine in Warren County. The street value of this seizure is over $500,000.

The driver Joseph Adam Raby of 920 Ellis Cole Road, Bowling Green, KY, Age 40 was charged with:

Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st degree (Meth)

Fleeing or Evading Police, 1st Degree

Wanton Endangerment, 1st Degree (Police Officer)

Wanton Endangerment, 1st Degree (Citizens of the Commonwealth)

Excessive Window Tinting

Criminal Mischief, 3rd Degree

The passenger Brandon Trent of 901 Jackson Street, Bowling Green, KY, Age 24 was charged with:

Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st degree (Meth)

 This is an ongoing investigation. Detectives and Agents are consulting with the Commonwealth Attorney and United States Attorney’s Office concerning the prosecution of the two arrested.

Both were lodged in the Warren County Regional Jail.