Crime & Safety
Update: Deputies Arrest 3 for Possession of Meth Materials
An anonymous tip led deputies to a vehicle in the Harbison area Sunday night.
An anonymous tip led Richland County Sheriff's deputies to arrest three people in connection with a meth lab.
Curtis Smoak Jr., William Wilkerson and Christopher Holley were charged with manufacturing and distributing methamphetamines. Smoak was also charged with posession of narcotics.
Deputies received a tip around 6 p.m. Sunday that a meth lab was being set up at a house on Manor Wood Court. The tipster also gave a description of the vehicle being used to transport the materials.
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Deputies identified the vehicle on Interstate 26 and pulled it over at the intersection of Woodcross Drive and Manor Wood Court. Inside the vehicle, they found the meth materials the tipster had described.
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