Two arrested after drugs found in Trinity County house

GROVETON, Texas (KETK) – Two women were arrested on Friday after Trinity County Sheriff’s Office deputies found illegal drugs inside a home in Groveton.
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According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were working within Groveton city limits on Friday in an attempt to serve a burglary warrant. While attempting to locate the suspect for that warrant at a home on Sunset Road in Groveton, deputies found evidence that the house was being used to distribute illegal drugs.

The sheriff’s office then secured a search warrant for the home and searched the location. Inside the home they found baggies, 15 grams of suspected “crystal like” narcotics, drug paraphernalia and unused packaging materials.

“Once that warrant was executed, it became clear this wasn’t just somebody’s house… it was a full time bad decision factory,” Trinity County Sheriff Woody Wallace said.

Two women were arrested following the deputies’ search of the home. Heaven Porter was arrested for manufacture and delivery of between 4 and 200 grams of a controlled substance. Melanie Casier was arrested for manufacture and delivery of between 1 and 400 grams of a controlled substance. Both have been booked into the Trinity County Jail.

The burglary warrant suspect was arrested later for the charge of burglary of a habitation.

“Turns out you can run for a while, but eventually you run out of road in Trinity County,” Wallace said. “Let this be a reminder… if you are operating a drug business, you might want to consider a different line of work. Because around here, we do not offer business licenses for that kind of operation… just jail space.”