A month-long surveillance operation in McCracken County netted a pair of burglary suspects, and led to an additional pair of drug arrests this week.

On August 15, McCracken County Sheriff's deputies began to investigate a string of burglaries that occurred at a storage unit facility on Tharp Drive. Detectives made use of surveillance equipment in the area. This past Wednesday at 4:00 AM, detectives noticed that the equipment had been recently tampered with and two males on bicycles were observed in the area.

Deputies arrived to find an SUV with two bicycles strapped on the roof leaving the area. The vehicle was occupied by 36-year-old Joshua Owen and 53-year-old Christopher Young.

Deputies saw that multiple locks on the storage units had been cut and items placed outside the units.

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