Arrest after large meth lab found in Knox Co.

ARTEMUS, Ky. (WTVQ) – Deputies arrested a man after discovering a large meth lab at a home on John Carter Road.

The Knox Co. Sheriff says a deputy received a tip about the lab, and went to investigate.  When the deputy got to the home, the Sheriff says he found an active one-step meth lab in a two-liter bottle.  The lab was found in a camper near the home, along with meth precursors, spoons, syringes,  as well as plastic bags of suspected meth on a plate, according to the Sheriff.

The Sheriff says the lab is the largest he’s seized since becoming Knox Co. Sheriff.

34-year-old Ledford Hamilton III of Artemus was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of methamphetamine precursors and possession of drug paraphernalia.  Hamilton was already wanted on a Knox Co. warrant for failure to appear on possession of drug paraphernalia.

He was taken to the Knox County Detention Center.