Grainger County Sheriff’s Office along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Other Agencies Arrest a Man on Numerous Charges Including Drugs
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Grainger County Sheriff’s Office along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Other Agencies Arrest a Man on Numerous Charges Including Drugs

The Grainger County Sheriff’s Office arrests two people after four pounds of meth was found during a drug bust in Bean Station.

Officials with the sheriff’s office, Drug Task Force, Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant at a home on Rocky Summit Road on Friday.

During the search, they found several bags of methamphetamine in a building that John Gardner was staying, the bags weighed about four pounds.

Officers also found an AR-style firearm, several fully-loaded magazines, a rifle and $694 in cash.

The Tennessee Department of Children Services was also called to the home because there was a four-year-old child in the driveway when officers arrived on the scene.

Gardner was charged with possession of methamphetamine for resale, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and maintaining a drug dwelling.

Rachel Emert was also arrested at the home for a warrant out of Claiborne County.

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