(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Officers of the Ketchikan Police Department continue to put those interested in drug distribution on notice that they aren't welcome in Ketchikan.

Sunday, Ketchikan police executed search warrants on Kelli M. Lecornu, 19 years of age, and Curtis J. Demmert, 27 years of age, as they exited the M/V Columbia after arriving in Ketchikan.

The search by the officers revealed Lecornu and Demmert to be in the possession of 69 grams (approximately 2.5 ounces) of Heroin, valued at about $84,000, and with approximately $3,000.00 in cash.

Lecornu and Demmert were arrested and charged with one count each of Misconduct Involving A controlled Substance in The Second Degree, an A Felony, for possession of Heroin with intent to distribute, and both were held without bail.

Edited by Mary Kauffman, SitNews

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