PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WMDJ) — A weekend drug investigation led Pikeville Police to arrest two Louisville men who officers say were transporting several pounds of meth into Pike County.

According to police, the case began when an informant reported that 33-year-old Andrew Billingslea planned to deliver a large quantity of meth to Pikeville early Sunday morning. Officers monitored U.S. 23 and soon noticed two vehicles traveling toward the city at unusually slow speeds, a pattern investigators associate with the use of multiple trail cars to avoid attention during drug transport.

Both vehicles pulled into a gas station, where officers detained Billingslea and the second driver, identified as 35-year-old Jonathan Jones. A K-9 unit alerted on both vehicles, and officers later recovered approximately 3.2 pounds of meth along with three cell phones. One of the vehicles was seized while the other was a rental.

Billingslea and Jones were charged with first-degree trafficking in methamphetamine.
Both men are being held at the Pike County Detention Center on a $25,000 bond each.