Lewis County Meth Lab Found

Wed., March 18, 1998

Associated Press

A raid on three houses resulted in seven arrests, $150,000 worth of stolen goods recovered and a methamphetamine lab dismantled.

Armed with search warrants, Lewis County sheriff’s deputies and officers from the Washington State Patrol and U.S. Forest Service raided the three houses Saturday morning.

“We recovered between 10 and 12 flatbed truckloads of stolen property,” Sheriff John McCroskey said. “We also found drugs in all three locations and a methamphetamine lab.”

Seven Randle residents were booked into Lewis County Jail for investigation of crimes varying from unpaid traffic citations to drug charges, McCroskey said.

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