BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Kern County authorities seized nearly 4,000 pounds of methamphetamine in what officials are calling one of the largest drug busts in the area’s history.<\/p>\n
On October 30, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office and KC-HIDTA Task Force executed a search warrant at a home on Rian Noelle Court. Deputies discovered approximately 954 pounds of solid methamphetamine and more than 2,700 pounds of the drug in liquid form.<\/p>\n
“I would say is probably the biggest in my younger career worked narcotics and if you had a 5 or 10 pound methamphetamine case you had a huge case this is 1500 pounds 1,000 pounds this one is 9057 this is enormous amount of narcotics that are killing our youth,” said KCSO Sheriff Donny Youngblood.<\/p>\n
Five suspects face multiple charges including manufacturing, possession for sales, transporting drugs, maintaining a drug house and conspiracy.<\/p>\n
Authorities described the residence as a dangerous methamphetamine laboratory. Kern County Environmental Health and Code Compliance assisted in handling hazardous chemicals found at the scene.<\/p>\n
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