Pubdate: Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Source: Messenger-Inquirer (KY)
Copyright: 2002 Messenger-Inquirer
Contact:  http://www.messenger-inquirer.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1285
Author: Associated Press

KSP RETIREE GETS 10 YEARS ON DRUG CHARGES

BOWLING GREEN -- A retired Kentucky State Police narcotics detective was 
sentenced Friday to more than 10 years in prison for producing and 
trafficking in marijuana and methamphetamine.

Benjamin Dwan Hadley, 53, of Columbia, had reached an agreement and pleaded 
guilty in July to the federal charges. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. 
Russell also sentenced Hadley to five years supervised probation following 
his prison sentence of 10 years and one month.

In July 2001, Kentucky State Police and federal Drug Enforcement 
Administration agents raided Hadley's farm in Adair County and discovered 
nearly 1,000 marijuana plants and evidence of an indoor growing operation. 
They also discovered materials and equipment used to make methamphetamine 
at the southern Kentucky farm.
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