DRUG INVESTIGATION LEADS TO SEARCH WARRANT, ARREST

DRUG INVESTIGATION LEADS TO SEARCH WARRANT, ARREST

HUNTINGDON – An ongoing joint drug investigation by special agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Huntingdon Police Department has resulted in the seizure of drugs and drug paraphernalia and the arrest of a Huntingdon man.

Since January, agents and investigators have worked proactively to target illicit drug activity in Carroll County, particularly the distribution of methamphetamine.  As a result of evidence gathering during the ongoing investigation, a search warrant was obtained for a home in the 100 block of Hawkins Lane in Huntingdon.

Today, agents and investigators executed the search warrant and discovered methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.  The man in the home at the time of the search warrant was arrested and booked into the Carroll County Jail.  Michael Hollowell (DOB: 8/11/64) is charged with Possession of Schedule II with the Intent to Distribute (Methamphetamine), Felony Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession with Intent Inside of a Drug-Free School Zone.  Hollowell is being held on $8,500 bond.