Five Arrested in Nacogdoches County Meth Case
Posted/updated on: December 10, 2011 at 4:28 pm
NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s deputies looking for stolen property have uncovered a methamphetamine lab and other materials. Five persons have been arrested. Three, arrested Wednesday, are identified as Anna Marie Craig, 39, Kevin Michael Sanders, 31, and Karen Stevenson Waters, 44. The other two, apprehended Thursday, are referred to by authorities as Nacogdoches County drug dealers. Steven Michael Kelly of Cushing and Ricky Eugene Sowell of Woden were arrested at two separate locations. According to a news release from the sheriff’s department, “This was a significant blow to the local drug trade in our county.”
Authorities say it was the odor that gave the meth lab away. As deputies approached the house they smelled what they thought were methamphetamine-producing chemicals. After obtaining a search warrant, deputies found in the house substances believed to be methamphetamine, as well as some of the commonly used items to produce methamphetamine.
According to KETK, the search Thursday was in Cushing. Authorities say during that search, numerous bags of methamphetamine packaged for selling and several thousand dollars in cash were seized, as well as property that is believed to have been reported stolen.
