Three people have been arrested after an investigation in Pelahatchie led detectives to two small children living amongst a large amount of drugs.

On Friday, officers with the Pelahatchie Police Department were investigating a crime that occurred at a local business. During this investigation, a detective learned that two children, ages three and five, were living in inadequate and dangerous conditions inside a house located within town limits.

Further information obtained also led officers to another residence identified as a location where illicit narcotics were being distributed. The detective and assisting officers obtained and executed search warrants for each residence and discovered the following:

Inside the residence located at 201 Lady Catherine Street, officers discovered very

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