Feb 01, 2023

KBI confirms deputies found a meth lab in northwest Kansas

Posted Feb 01, 2023 12:00 AM
-Lamb / Phillips County photo
-Lamb / Phillips County photo

PHILLIPS COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect in connection with a meth lab.

On Monday, deputies made an arrest in connection to a search warrant executed on July 16, 2022, in the 800 block of Third Avenue West in Glade, Kansas, according to a media release from the Phillips Co. Sheriff.

During the execution of the search warrant, items were located that indicated they may be components of a methamphetamine lab. Kansas Bureau of Investigation Clandestine Laboratory Response Team responded and collected the items of concern. Those items were transported to the KBI for analysis which revealed they were, as suspected, meth lab components.

On Monday, deputies served an arrest warrant on Jimmie C. Lamb, 40, Glade, and took him into custody without incident.

Lamb was arrested on suspicion of unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance, possession of precursors, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Lamb is being held in the Phillips County jail with a $250,000 bond.