CLAY COUNTY, Ala. – A multi-jurisdictional operation has led to the arrests of two people in Clay County on drug trafficking and related charges.
The Narcotics Division of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office executed a warrant at a home on New Prospect Rd. on Friday, March 27 in connection with an ongoing narcotics investigation.
Inside the residence, authorities said they seized multiple firearms, a large quantity of drugs, and more than $11,000.
Justin Jay Whaley and James Elvin Cook were arrested and each charged with trafficking methamphetamine, trafficking fentanyl, possession of marijuana first degree, possession of drug paraphernalia, and certain persons forbidden to possess a pistol.
Sheriff Henry Lambert thanked assisting agencies, including the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, Lineville Police Department, Ashland Police Department, Oxford Police Department, Clay County Rescue Squad, and the Clay and Coosa County District Attorney’s Office.
