Saturday, May 18 2013 11:42 PM EDT2013-05-19 03:42:57 GMT
A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana. Deputies responded to a complaint at Jose Sanchez's house on Highway 129 North Friday. AuthoritiesMore >>
A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana.
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:42 PM EDT2013-05-19 03:42:03 GMT
Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff. It was the first annual pigs in the park event, put on by the Georgia Narcotics Officer'sMore >>
Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 9:47 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:47:12 GMT
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks. Police say they responded to the Dollar General on West Jackson Street around 9:15pm Friday. EmployeesMore >>
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks.
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:59 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:59:02 GMT
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. Authorities say it happened around 11pm Friday near the 3900 block of Radium Springs Road. PoliceMore >>
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:58 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:58:50 GMT
It's graduation time for high schools in Dougherty County and students are ready to embark on their next journey. 230 graduates received their high school diplomas from Westover Comprehensive High SchoolMore >>
230 graduates received their high school diplomas from Westover Comprehensive High School this Saturday morning.More >>
May 14, 2004
Albany -- Georgia's growing methamphetamine problem is bringing law enforcement officials together to map out strategy to battle the drug.
Federal, state, and local drug agents will hold a summit this summer to look for ways to curb the number of people using makeshift labs to make meth.
It doesn't take much to make a meth lab. Albany Dougherty Drug Unit Commander Bill Berry said "Over the counter solvents." And a few steps later, you've got methamphetamine. "Dissolve this up and pour it through here into here. Circulate it over and over again. Trapping the binder that holds these pills together. Taking the liquid, drying it out, crystallizing it and that we get over here."
"It's epidemic. We see more and more of it daily."
In the last four years meth lab raids by police have skyrocketed. Berry said "You've got labs popping up all over the southwest portion of the state."
The illegal stimulant is popular because it is made from common ingredients, like Sudafed tablets and iodine.
Berry said "We really are having to react to it. And be prepared. And that's what this summit is supposed to do."
A summit on a highly addictive, dangerous drug that is consuming Georgia. The two day meth summit will begin August 17th in Atlanta.
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