GOLD HILL —After a year-long inves- tigation, a team of agents
from federal, state and local agen- cies arrested two resi- dents on charges
of trafficking in metham- phetamine powder.
A camera was set up on a bird house above their mobile and
a mon- itor was on the TV so the suspects could monitor incoming and outgoing
traffic, Lt.
John Sifford said.
The Special Inves- A. Row’and tigative Unit of the Rowan
County Sheriff’s Department, the Salisbury Police Department, the State
Bureau of Investigations and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration worked
together on the investigation that
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focused on the mobile home at 935-E Zion
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N Seven handguns of various types a~
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Church Road.
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calibers and four long guns of varioi
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Larry Wayne Row dT31 and his
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—types~an4calibers.
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wife, Angela Marie Rowland, 25, of the
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N Various publications dealing with ti
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home on 935-E Zion Church Rd.,were
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production of methamphetamine ai
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arrested.
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homemade explosives.
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I n v e s t i g ~i t o r s
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I Various items of drug paraphernali
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served the search war-
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Investigators charged Larry Rowla
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rant Thursday and con-
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with trafficking in methamphetamine 1
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fiscated the following
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possession and trafficking in methamph
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items from the resi-
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amine by transportation, both felonies.
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dence:
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Larry Rowland is in the Rowan Coun
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Detention Center under a $200,000 securi bond.
$56,000.
(coffee/methamphetamine mixture). N Approximately $3,152
in cash.
N A 1987 Pontiac Trans Am, a 1991 Honda CRX and a Harley
Davidson motorcycle.
Angela Marie Rowland was charg~ with trafficking in methamphetamine
I possession and felonious possession methamphetamine.She is ,m~U~e Row
County Detention Center under $150,000 secured bond.
The State Department of Revenue w contacted due to the drug
tax in Nor Carolina and some property was seized pay for the taxes on the
$56,000 conf:
cated from the home.
Bust 2
Drug lab busted in Gold Hill- Feb 11, 2000
BY JENNIFER MOXLEY
SALISBURY POST
GOLD HILL — Law enforce- ment officers arrived just in time
Thursday afternoon to interrupt a man making a batch of metham- phetamines,
the Rowan County
Sheriff’s Department said.
At 2080 Liberty Road, Rowan County Special Inves- tigators
served a search war- rant and en- countered tox ic fumes. Agents say
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Barringer
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William Dou-
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glas Barringer
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Jr. was trying to finish making two to three ounces of the
illegal drug.
Along with the Rowan deputies, agents from the State Bureau
of Investigation and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminis- tration and an
undercover Salis- bury Police officer surrounded the house and arrested
Barringer,
They also arrested Michael Alex Hall, 46, of Route 1, Polkton
in Anson County.
Sheriff George Wilhelm said numerous anonymous tips lead
to the drug bust. After the arrest, Wilhelm’s department Contacted Anson
County deputies, who found an “out
of use” drug f~ 1 lab in Hall’s home, Wilhelm said.
Deputies
say Barringer Was OPerating a Clandestine lab to make the
drug at his L4betty Road home. “There are dangers in dealing with all of
the chemicals used in making the drug,” Wilhelm said.
Rowan County Emergency Med ical Services, the Liberty and
Salisbury fire departments and the Rowan County Haz-Mat Team
also responded in the event of an injury,
Earringer Was charged with trafficking in methamphetamine
by possession, simple felonious possession of methamphetamine maintaining
a dwelling to manu- facture a Controlled substance, conspiracy to manufacture
methamphetamine and manufac.. turing methamphetamine His bond is $200,000.
Hall was charged with traf- ficking in methamphetamine by
Possession, manufacturing methamphetamine Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine
and carrying a Concealed weapon,
Deputies Confiscated the un- processed drug. Methampheta
mines sell for around $200 to $300 per gram.
They also Confiscated drug Paraphernalia, literature on the
production of methamphetamin and the set UP of a drug lab, liter- ature
on the production of bombs and explosives, six long guns and three handguns
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