Meth Bust in Alaska: 2 Arrested, 2 Charges

0:00Two folks got pinched up in Helia Lasca, hauling about 2.3 kilograms of methamphetamine that street value around $46,000 in the Fairbanks area. 49-year-old Elizabeth Spurgeon and 47-year-old Robert Gentlemen now face third-degree misconduct charges for controlled substances after troopers searched their truck. Earlier this month, the Fairbanks area-wide narcotics team kicked off an investigation into Spurgeon back in March, suspecting her of slinging meth. Around Fairbanks, they tracked her movements closely on April 3rd. Troopers tailed her south on the parts highway from Fairbanks to Palmer, where she linked up with someone and made a few stops on the way back north. Passengers gentlemen hopped out to check a snow machine in the truck bed at one point. That led to a warrant for a suspicious black plastic bag tucked in the corner, boom, meth bricks inside. Loaded wind against trafficking in that remote stretch. Charges are filed, but the probe rolls on, so more could drop as they dig deeper into the

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