Crime & Safety

State Police Find 'Dabs' and a Drug Factory in Tolland

A Tolland man is facing drug charges after his arrest.

TOLLAND, CT — State police closed up a drug factory on Sunday in Tolland.

At 9:35 a.m.on Sunday, state police went to 20 Willington Ave. to serve an arrest warrant for 24-year-old Amber Blanchette, according to an arrest report.

Troopers were met at the door by Travis Wynans, 20, who let them inside the residence, an arrest report indicates. He said Blanchette was asleep in a bedroom, according to an arrest report.

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Troopers then saw — in plain view — narcotics equipment, butane torches and other equipment used for cooking marijuana into "a high-potency THC substance commonly known as THC oil, also knows as "dabs" and "wax" and "shatter," according to an arrest report.

Packaging materials, marijuana, scales THC oil were found in the bedroom according to an arrest report.

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Blanchette was turned over to Manchester police, state police said.

Meanwhile, Wynans, whose listed address is 121 Kozley Road in Tolland, was charged with operating a drug factory. pot possession, possession of drug paraphernalia and possessing a con trolled substance, state police said.

He was being held on a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear on court Monday, according to an arrest report.

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