Suspicious odor leads to drug bust in Shively hotel | Crime

SHIVELY (WAVE) - Police in Shively have charged a man staying at a hotel on Dixie Highway with drug trafficking after searching his room on Tuesday.

According to a news release from Shively Police Chief Colonel Ralph Miller, officers responded to a complaint about an odor coming from one of the rooms on the third floor of the Comfort Inn at 4444 Dixie Highway on Feb. 8. 

A preliminary investigation led officers to room 311, where the suspect, 25-year-old Gregory Redmond, was throwing evidence out the window.

Executing a search warrant, officers searched the room and found drugs, scales, a gun and over $12,000 in cash. The suspect was arrested and charged with the crimes listed below:

• Trafficking in a controlled substance
• Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
• Tampering with physical evidence
• Trafficking within a 1000 yards of a school
• Possession of marijuana
• Possession of drug paraphernalia

The investigation continues and more charges are possible.

Redmond was being held at Louisville Metro Corrections.

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