Pasco Deputies Shut Down Drug Lab

ZEPHYRHILLS, FL—An investigation by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office Strategic Targeted Area Response 2 Unit has uncovered an methamphetamine lab at a homeless camp in Zephyrhills.

STAR2 received a tip that residents of a homeless camp near Gall Boulevard and Paul S. Buchman Highway in Zephyrhills were in possession of stolen property. When the unit members approached the camp, they heard voices coming from inside a tent. The deputies announced their presence and two men and a woman emerged from the tent.

On further investigation, deputies discovered equipment being used to make methamphetamine. Arrested for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia were Joseph McClure, 36, Allan Norman, 41, and Christina McManis, 30.

Photo via Pasco County Sheriff's Office