A new report from Kentucky State Police indicates that drug and narcotic arrests in Russell County took a noticeable dip last year.
The annual Crime in Kentucky report compiled by Kentucky State Police shows 257 arrests in Russell County last year for drug and narcotic offenses, the lowest within the last five years.
That’s noticeably lower than 2022, where 332 such arrests were reported, and 2021, where 466 drug and narcotic arrests were reported.
In 2020, 348 drug and narcotic arrests were reported, and in 2019, 427 were reported.
