SOMERSET, Ky. (WYMT) – Deputies with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office went to a Somerset home on the morning of Nov. 14 to get a tip about drugs they had received earlier that night.

Deputies had obtained a search warrant for the home on Ashurst Street.

Upon arriving at the address listed on the search warrant, one of the people who lives there, David L. West, 62, was outside. The police read him the warrant and began their search.

During the search, they found pre-packaged bags containing methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia commonly used in the consumption, packaging and sale of illegal narcotics, as well as several firearms in the bedroom and West’s bathroom.

West was arrested at the scene and is charged with Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Degree, 1st Offense, Greater than or Equal to 2 Grams (Enhanced), Purchase/Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (Enhanced), and Possession marijuana.

He was taken to the Pulaski County Detention Center.

This is an ongoing investigation.

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