{"id":5834,"date":"2026-10-11T20:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T01:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/11\/west-virginia-drug-bust-uncovers-1-5m-in-narcotics\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T20:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T01:52:26","slug":"west-virginia-drug-bust-uncovers-1-5m-in-narcotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/11\/west-virginia-drug-bust-uncovers-1-5m-in-narcotics\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia Drug Bust Uncovers $1.5M in Narcotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. \u2013 October 11, 2026 (STL.News) West Virginia Drug Bust \u2013 A major drug trafficking investigation in West Virginia has resulted in the seizure of more than $1.5 million worth of cocaine and fentanyl from a suspected stash house in Barboursville, raising concerns about the reach of international drug trafficking organizations into smaller American communities. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Huntington Violent Crimes Drug Task Force announced the findings Thursday, October 8, following a joint investigation that began in July 2026. <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FVBgeSlFFcu4%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=858&#038;video_height=483)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drug investigation reveals more than $1.5M in narcotics at West Virginia stash house\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VBgeSlFFcu4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> According to law enforcement officials, investigators identified a suspected stash house in Cabell County<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/west-virginia-drug-bust-uncovers-1-5m-in-narcotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. \u2013 October 11, 2026 (STL.News) West Virginia Drug Bust \u2013 A major drug trafficking investigation in West Virginia has resulted in the seizure of more than $1.5 million worth of cocaine and fentanyl from a suspected stash house&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5836,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions\/5836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}