Fentanyl trafficking investigation nets Paducah pair

A search warrant executed on Sunday afternoon netted a Paducah couple on trafficking charges.

Detectives with the McCracken County Sheriff's Office searched a home on Noble Road in connection to a drug investigation. The search reportedly uncovered several hundred pills believed to contain fentanyl along with several pounds of marijuana and around $16,000 in cash believed to be from drug sales.

The residents of the home, 22-year-old Preston Booher and 20-year-old Kaitlyn Younger were arrested and charged with trafficking in fentanyl and marijuana. They were taken to the McCracken County Regional Jail.