The Laclede County Sheriff’s Office, for the second time in a week, has seized more than a pound of methamphetamine.
According to a Laclede County Sheriff's Office press releae, the seizue came after just after midnight on Monday when a deputy stopped a car at Highway 32 and OO Highway for an equipment violation.
During the stop a female passenger resisted the arrest by fleeing on foot from a deputy. After a short foot pursuit she was arrested by the deputy, Sheriff David Millsap said. After the arrest deputies located more than a pound of methamphetamine in a black bag that was near the car, Millsap said. Deputies seized more than $2,000 in cash in a wallet in the vehicle.
Mathews was arrested and charged with Delivery of a Controlled Substance. The driver of the vehicle Rondell D. Hodges, 35, of Lebanon was arrested and charged with Tampering with Evidence. The seized money was turned over to Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group.
On April 18, 2019 in the 300 block of Bland Street officers from Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group, Laclede County Sheriff’s Office, Lebanon Police Department and the Missouri Highway Patrol, seized more than an ounce and half of methamphetamine during the execution of a search warrant. Joshua J. Adams, 36, of Lebanon was arrested for 2nd degree Trafficking of Drugs and the Delivery of a Controlled Substance.
On April 14, a Laclede County Deputy arrested a Kansas City man with over a pound of methamphetamine during a business check on McClurg Drive.
“Good pro-active work by all involved,” said Millsap in a press release. “There are many components to effectively investigating drug trafficking. Good partnerships with other agencies and within an agency are important components. We work well with other agencies, but I am really proud of the deputies who are constantly sharing information with one another, and with Lake Area Narcotics,” Millsap said. “Good work on the patrol level with attentive pro-active police work, and then solid follow up by the officer assigned to narcotic investigations with LANEG, it is all about teamwork.”
