The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office seized nearly 500 pounds of methamphetamine, the second largest meth bust in county history, and arrested two Blacksburg residents as part of an ongoing narcotics investigation Tuesday.
Shortly after 12:30 a.m., the Cherokee Sheriff’s Narcotics Team and uniform patrol officers executed a search warrant at an abandoned mobile home located off Kings Creek Ford Road in Blacksburg.
The narcotics team had received information about illegal drug activity at the home, and inside the property, officers made the second largest meth bust in the history of Cherokee County.
Officers seized roughly 500 pounds of meth, which has a street value between $1.5 and $1.7 million. Also seized during the search were chemicals used as part of the clandestine meth lab operation.
Billie Lee Pitts, 51, and Joseph Todd Martin, 47, both of Kings Creek Ford Road were arrested and charged with distribution of methamphetamine and methamphetamine more than 400 grams.
Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller said the investigation is ongoing and additional individuals are likely to be arrested in the “very near future.”
According to Mueller, Pitts and Martin were stopped earlier in the evening and were in possession of several ounces of meth. They were later connected to the home of the meth lab.
Deputies also discovered a stolen 2005 Range Rover from Cleveland County on the property.
“Those arrested thus far were players in the operation but certainly not the masterminds behind the operation and our narcotics team will continue to pursue those suspects,” Mueller said. “The work of our narcotics team has removed a lot of poison from our streets not only in Cherokee County but western York County in South Carolina along with several counties in North Carolina that border our county. This is phenomenal narcotics work and a historic seizure for law enforcement. I am very proud of this team and our federal partnerships.
The sheriff’s office is working closely with federal partners from Homeland Security Investigations to help identify and pursue additional suspects.
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