Three Louisville residents have been arrested following what police described as “a large-scale narcotics trafficking investigation,” according to a Facebook post from Louisville Metro Police.
Kenneth Roberson, 64, and Shamone Haggard, 49, face multiple charges, including trafficking in a controlled substance and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon. Roberson was also charged with failure to or improper signal. Shamone Haggard faces additional counts of trafficking in marijuana, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, receiving stolen property (firearm), and buying or possessing drug paraphernalia.
LMPD investigators said Dwight Haggard was also cited, though court records have not yet listed the charges against him.
Shamone Haggard pleaded not guilty during a Feb. 18 hearing and is currently being held at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections on a $10,000 cash bond. Roberson posted a $2,500 bond on Feb. 18.
According to LMPD, officers learned that several individuals were distributing “significant quantities of narcotics” and had recently received multiple kilograms of powder cocaine. Investigators conducted surveillance on one suspect and carried out a traffic stop, during which they recovered multiple individually packaged bags of cocaine.
Police later executed a search warrant at a residence and seized nearly 2.5 kilograms of cocaine, several handguns, and “additional evidence suggesting” narcotics activity at two other locations. Officers also searched two additional residences — including one in the 2300 block of Bolling Avenue — where they found more narcotics, firearms, and paraphernalia “consistent with a large-scale trafficking operation,” according to authorities.
Roberson is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 23, while Shamone Haggard is set to return to court Feb. 26.
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