LONDON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Two people were arrested in Laurel County after an investigation into stolen out-of-state heavy equipment valued at nearly $200,000 being sold in London.

According to police, on Aug.13, a D5 K Caterpillar dozer, valued at $65,000, was delivered to a business that was determined to have been stolen from Fairfax, Virginia, with local police tracking the location of the stolen equipment to London.

On Aug. 29, deputies set up an undercover operation to provide two more pieces of heavy equipment.

The suspect and a reported accomplice brought two pieces of heavy equipment, valued at $47,000 and $73,000, to the south Laurel County and Corbin area. Deputies reportedly saw the vehicle driving in the Woodbine area on Highway 26 south of Corbin before deputies made a traffic

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