Unit makes meth arrests

Two more individuals have recently been arrested on felony drug charges as area narcotics investigators continue their crack down on methamphetamine manufacturing.
Alcorn County Narcotics officials recently arrested David Lee Moore, 27, of Melvin Quals Road, in Michie, Tenn.; and Timothy Joe Smith, 44, of #1 Briarwood Subdivision, in Corinth, and charged them with possession of two or more precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance and felony possession of a controlled substance, according to a report from the Alcorn County Narcotics Unit. The arrests came after the discovery of precursors for meth manufacture, as well as two bags of what is believed to be methamphetamine.
The arrests reportedly came after the Alcorn County Narcotics Unit obtained information that the aforementioned suspects had attempted to purchase items -- known for use in making methamphetamine -- at a store on Harper Road.
Moore and Smith were traveling in a 1997 gray Nissan truck and officers spotted them leaving, traveling north on Harper Road.According to the report, officers discovered that Moore had warrants with the Corinth Police Department for unpaid traffic violations and asked for Deputy Mike Billingsley and K-9 Officer Scott Brown to stop the truck, which was "driving at a high rate of speed" north on Shiloh Road.
After being stopped, and asked to step out of the vehicle, officers spoke to the driver, Moore, and Smith and obtained consent to check the truck. Alcorn County Narcotics Investigator Darrell Hopkins said both lithium and pseudoephedrine pills were found during a search of the truck. After speaking to both suspects, the report said it was determined that the items were going to be used to manufacture methamphetamine.
Moore and Smith were transported to the Alcorn County Sheriff's Office, and the truck was seized. Later, at the Sheriff's Office, a continued search turned up two bags of a substance, which field tested positive for meth, according to Hopkins. The bags were discovered in the truck's headliner on the driver's side.
Bond was set at $10,000 for both men by Justice Court Judge Jimmy McGee.
"It is good to know that we, in Alcorn County, have two Justice Court Judges -- Judge Steve Little and Judge Jimmy McGee -- who also have a low tolerance for drugs. It makes working with the Justice Court Judges, and all Justice Court employees, a pleasure," said Hopkins. "They, like all court clerks, get a lot of ridicule just for doing a job that most cannot do."