MCSO: relatives arrested at two separate meth labs

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile County Sheriff’s deputies arrested six people in two separate meth busts, including two family members who were at two separate locations.

Authorities said Leslie Platt and Shannon McClure were arrested in a camper trailer when deputies found meth in the trailer on Sunday. On Monday, deputies arrested Brandon Garrettson,

John Hicks, Emily Boltz and Derrick Platt, who is Leslie Platt’s relative.

When deputies arrived at the trailer Leslie Platt and McClure were in on Jan. 13, deputies said they smelled a strong chemical odor and observed jars in plain view that they said appeared to be a one-shot meth lab.

“When we first started the meth initiative, you had a lot more dangerous fumes because they were cooking it in a true lab so to speak. Now, its moved to a one shot and they’re cooking it in a 20oz bottle and so they just mix all the ingredients and burp it out,” said MCSO spokesperson, Lori Myles.

McClure’s niece grew up on Astro Drive in Wilmer where the meth bust happened Sunday.

“I just live right through the woods so that’s very scary,” said McClure’s niece, Tiffany Phillips. “I walk past here every day and wouldn’t have known anything was going on until the police (deputies) pulled up and busted them.”

Leslie Platt was charged with trafficking meth, first-degree manufacturing, possession of controlled substance, and felony possession of drug paraphernalia.

McClure was transported to Mobile Metro Jail on an active warrant.

On Monday, MCSO Deputies found a working meth lab at a home on Old Moffett Road in Wilmer, about 10 minutes from the meth lab deputies busted Sunday. Officials arrested Garrettson, Hicks, Boltz and Derrick Platt there.

Authorities said thanks to the community’s anonymous tip, these suspects are now behind bars.

“The more you communicate with us, the community that is, the faster we can get them off the street and a lot of them are the meth cooks. So if you know about that and we take them away, then that prevents the next person, the pill shopper, from taking them to that meth cook,” said Myles.