2 arrested after police find 127 grams of meth in Alabama drug bust
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LEIGHTON, Ala. (WHNT) — Two people were arrested in a Colbert County drug bust, according to police.

The Leighton Police Department said on May 20, Sgt. Evans obtained a search warrant for a house on Pruitt Drive.

In the late afternoon, Evans and Officer Smith, with assistance from the Colbert County Sheriff’s Office, carried out the search warrant. According to the LPD, the search resulted in the discovery of a “substantial amount of illegal narcotics, firearms, and cash.”

The following items were recovered in the operation:

  • $76,541 in U.S. currency
  • Approximately 127 grams of methamphetamine
  • Approximately 106 fentanyl pills
  • Approximately three grams of cocaine
  • A trafficking amount of ecstasy
  • A large amount of marijuana
  • Four firearms (one confirmed to be stolen)

Following the operation, Gregory Miller and Jessica Anderson were taken into custody and transported to the Colbert County Jail. Their bonds were each set at $350,000.

Gregory Miller

(Photo: Colbert County Jail)

Jessica Anderson

(Photo: Colbert County Jail)

Miller faces charges including three counts of drug trafficking, second-degree receiving stolen property, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, first-degree possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and three alias writ of arrest warrants.

Anderson was charged with drug trafficking fentanyl, drug trafficking meth, drug trafficking ecstasy, second-degree receiving stolen property, first-degree unlawful possession of marijuana, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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