Benton Search Yields $230,000 Meth Bust

A Marshall County man and a Princeton woman are facing drug charges, after detectives executed a search warrant at a Benton home.

Marshall and McCracken County Sheriff’s detectives served a search warrant Thursday morning at a home on Denver Lane in Benton. Detectives said that during their search they seized more than five pounds of meth, with a street value of more than $230,000. They also reportedly found a loaded handgun, digital scales, drug paraphernalia and a small amount of marijuana.

Deputies arrested Jeff Fox and charged him with meth trafficking,  possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon. Jennifer Souder was charged with possession of meth, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Both suspects were booked into the Marshall County Detention Center.