Fifteen people have been arrested after a Jefferson County grand jury returned indictments tied to a six-month investigation into alleged open-air drug trafficking on Hemlock Street in West Louisville’s Park DuValle neighborhood. More than 15 individuals were indicted in connection with the probe, and authorities say additional charges are still pending.
The investigation was led by LMPD’s Second Division Impact Unit and ran from March 1 through September 15, 2026, according to the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office, as reported by WHAS11. Investigators focused on alleged open trafficking of illegal narcotics, particularly crack cocaine, concentrated in the 1400 and 1500 blocks of Hemlock Street, the outlet reported. The Second Division covers Park DuValle out of its headquarters on Bohne Avenue, according to the Louisville Metro Police Department.
The case didn’t emerge out of nowhere. In September, LMPD’s 2nd Division Impact Unit executed search warrants in the 1400 block of Hemlock Avenue and the 3600 block of Georgetown Place, seizing roughly $36,000 worth of crack and powder cocaine with help from K-9 Goose, according to the department’s own account of the raid.
A Block With a History
This isn’t the first time Hemlock Street has drawn police attention. In May 2025, Second Division officers executed a search warrant in the 1500 block of Hemlock Street and arrested three people on multiple drug trafficking charges, per WHAS11’s reporting at the time. That earlier arrest underscores a recurring pattern of targeted narcotics enforcement on the same residential stretch long before this fall’s larger sweep…