CROPPER, KY (WDRB) -- The tow truck was just the cap on a busy morning for Shelby County authorities. Inside a trailer off Highway 43, sheriff's deputies found an active meth lab - still cooking.
While methamphetamine is a prominent drug in many parts of Kentucky, it is a rare find in Shelby County. Friday morning's discovery marks only the second meth lab police here have discovered and dismantled all year.
"I would have never guessed in a million years that there was a meth lab across from my house," said Brian Owens, who lives across the street.
Maj. Jason Rice with the Shelby County Sheriff's Department said deputies were executing a search warrant when the discovery was made.
"We felt like it was more than personal use. There was enough to alarm us, especially with the chemicals laying around haphazardly that were potentially very dangerous," said Maj. Rice.
Brian Owens lives across the street from where the meth lab was found. The father of three boys recently moved to the Cropper area with his wife.
"For us that's pretty scary, I come out here, the kids play out here all the time," said Owens.
Detectives ended up towing an Oldsmobile because it was believed to contain meth making material.
They also found prescription pills and a two-liter bottle with meth in it.
Ray Shuck Jr. and Leonard Holcomb were arrested -- each charged with manufacturing meth, possession of meth and drug paraphernalia.
"It's definitely something we want to stay on top of before it gets to be a bad situation," Rice said.
It's a shock to neighbors, who normally only read about meth troubles elsewhere.
"We're ten miles outside of town. It's quiet and we live next door to a church. For that to be taking place here is a little unnerving," said Owens.
