A MULTI-AGENCY DRUG INVESTIGATION IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HAS NETTED THE ARREST OF FOUR PEOPLE AND TAKEN POWERED COCAINE AND MARIJUANA OFF THE STREETS. EIGHT GRAMS OF POWDER COCAINE WAS PURCHASED BY OFFICERS OF THE RUSSELL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE. COUNTY RESIDENT JOSH PRUITT AND MELISSA WHITE OF RICHLANDS ARE CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE, POSSESSION OF COCAINE, AND CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS COCAINE. MEANWHILE, A SEARCH OF A HOME ON ABBY LANE IN ABINGDON LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF OVER A QUARTER POUND OF POWDER COCAINE AS WELL AS MARIJUANA PACKAGED FOR RESALE. ALSO SEIZED WAS NEARLY 49-HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH. 25 YEAR OLD PHILLIP ALAN MONK, WHO IS A MEDICAL STUDENT FROM THE VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE IN BLACKSBURG VIRGINIA AND 23 YEAR OLD RYAN WADE BOTH OF ABINGDON ARE FACING VARIOUS CHARGES INCLUDING POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE.