A joint Lexington County task force arrested 6 people on drug charges over the weekend for running a meth lab.
At around 10 PM on Friday, July 26th, deputies from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department searched a home for a suspected meth lab operation. After noticing the strong, classic odor of cooking meth, officers called the Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) to the scene.
According to reports, a surveillance camera system was transmitting live video to a television in the living room. Despite the early warning, six people were still arrested and charged with manufacturing methamphetamines in the home. Marijuana was also found on the premises.
The six meth lab operators are:
- 41-year-old George Edward Brinson, Redmond Rod, Lexington
- 52-year-old Terri Lee Egert of Buck Corley Road, Lexington
- 33-year-old Trudy Rene Escue of Clermont Lakes Drive, Lexington
- 41-year-old Konni Linn Owens of Mimosa Drive, Gaston
- 18-year-old Robert Eric Owens of Mimosa Drive, Gaston
- 46-year-old Anthony Carl Rowell of Glenn Street, West Columbia
Brinson, Egert, Escue, Konni Owens and Robert Eric Owens, Jr., were being held at the Lexington County Detention Center on bail totaling $30,000 each. Rowell was being held on Sunday at the county Detention Center on bail totaling $60,000.
Anyone with information about illegal drug activity in Lexington County to call the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department at (803) 785-8230 or CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.
Lexington County Makes Meth Lab Busts Priority for 2013
The law enforcement officers in Lexington County, South Carolina began a serious campaign last fall to round up criminals for manufacturing and/or distributing methamphetamines. It is a new year, but officers are still serious about drug crimes, especially with meth labs. 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.
Since the beginning of the year, Lexington officials have busted 44 meth labs and arrested 66 people, including the six arrested over the weekend.
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