LONDON, Ky. – (TNS) Federal law enforcement recently discovered a torture chamber, a human bone and a large amount of drugs while searching a home in Laurel County, according to federal court documents.

Officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration were executing a drug-related search warrant Aug. 12 at a home on Southern Oakes Road owned by Scottie Shelton, 53, when they smelled a strong odor they described as similar to a decaying corpse, according to court documents.

Shelton permitted officers to search the home, and they found a “cell-like room” that appeared to be a torture chamber, according to court documents. Among the items in the room were handcuffs, a rope and several guns.

Court documents say local authorities were informed about the room about five years ago. An inform

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