Aiken County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Investigators discover a Meth Lab in Bath, South Carolina. David Blankens, Sr., 45 of Bay Street, in Bath, South Carolina is wanted for Trafficking Methamphetamine, and Manufacture, Distribution of Methamphetamine 1st. Mary Catherine Washington-Blanken, 39, of Bay Street, in Bath, South Carolina is wanted for Trafficking Methamphetamine, and Manufacture, Distribution of Methamphetamine 1st.

According to Sgt. Dave Myers, Aiken County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Investigators make an arrest on a found Meth Lab in Beech Island, South Carolina. James Edward Mcrae, 44, of the 500 block of Beech Island Avenue, in Beech Island, is charged with Attempt to Manufacture Methamphetamine.

According to Captain Troy Elwell, information from an anonymous tip led Aiken County Sheriff’s Office investigators to a meth lab, on Wednesday.

The state is assisting Lanier County authorities investigate the weekend deaths of two women who were killed after a suspected methamphetamine lab exploded inside a house in Ray City.

According to Captain Troy Elwell, Aiken County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) investigators arrested three people after executing a search warrant and locating an active Meth lab at 118 Kedron Church Road, just outside Aiken.

An early morning meth lab bust took place in downtown Augusta. A little after midnight, an MCG Police officer spotted a Ford Ranger with no headlights at 15th Street and Harper Street. He pulled the vehicle over near Cherry Tree Crossing. The vehicle had the wrong tag and the driver had no insurance…making it undrivable. While preparing to have the vehicle towed, authorities say the officer discovered a rolling meth lab with potentially dangerous chemicals, inside the truck.

Two people were arrested Monday after a meth lab bust in Richmond County. A call to the drug tip line prompted authorities to check out a house on Starnes Street. Michael Carroll is charged with trafficking and manufacturing meth, and Jonathan Carroll is charged with disorderly conduct for being in the drug house.

Two people are in custody in Aiken County, accused of making meth. They were busted Monday afternoon after being pulled over for making an improper turn. Police say the it was an active lab. Authorities tell us the two were near the end of the manufacturing process. Now, they are in jail and their alleged drug kitchen, their Cadillac, will likely be destroyed because of the dangerous chemicals found inside. WJBF News Channel 6’s Paige Tucker has more.