Officers Arrest Woman on Drug Charges After Meth is Found in Her Bra

Officers with the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) arrested a man and a woman on drug charges related to meth, and also seized a reaction vessel used to manufacture methamphetamine.

23-year-old Robert Michael Yates was arrested on drug charges for manufacturing methamphetamine, trafficking in methamphetamine, and unlawfully disposing of waste from a clandestine methamphetamine reaction laboratory. Yates is currently being held in the Lexington County Detention Center on $7,500 bond.

Police with NET also arrested 22-year-old Amber Marie Hubbard on drug charges for trafficking methamphetamine, possessing methamphetamine, bringing contraband into a correctional facility, unlawfully disposing of waste from a clandestine methamphetamine lab, unlawfully possessing ephedrine, and possessing a controlled substance.

Hubbard was also being held at the Lexington County Detention Center, with bail set at $17,500.

According to Sheriff James Metts, Hubbard and Yates are friends, and Hubbard rents a room from Yates’ parents in Lexington.

The report said that deputies went to Yates’ parents house at about 10 AM on Saturday, May 25th, responding to a call concerning a backpack that Yates’ father found on his property, near a fire pit.

Deputies took the backpack, which contained a reaction vessel with a dry white substance that authorities recognized as cooked meth.

Yates and Hubbard were both in the home, and police arrested them.

The strangest part of the story, of course, was when Hubbard attempted to conceal some of the duo’s methamphetamine in her bra. The two were physically searched as part of the search of the house, and a female police officer found two plastic bags with Batman logos concealed inside Hubbard’s bra. The bags contained a considerable amount of methamphetamine, and the two were arrested on drug charges.

Lexington County Continues Successful Campaign of Drug Busts on Meth Labs Throughout the County

Lexington County law enforcement officers announced, last fall, that they would begin a campaign to round up criminals who manufactured and distributed drugs, especially methamphetamines. Operations began in October 2012, with at least 13 reported arrests related to meth labs in Lexington County. Throughout January, officers arrested several more suspects for operating meth labs in West Columbia and Lexington.

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