CORSICANA, Texas — A routine traffic stop turned into officers discovering a meth lab, according to the Navarro County Sheriff's Office.
On Sunday, Deputy Aldo Hernandez with the Navarro County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop in the 1900 Block of Martin Luther King Blvd in Corsicana for "an observed traffic violation," the sheriff's office said. This is southeast of Woodland Memorial Park and northwest of Magnolia Lake.
During the traffic investigation, the driver was reportedly found to be wanted on an outstanding parole violation warrant.
Further investigation revealed the driver had the controlled substance methamphetamine, a non-operational methamphetamine lab along with a pill press, officials said.
The Navarro County Sheriff's Office's criminal investigation division and the Dallas field division of the DEA responded to the location to assist with the investigation.
The suspect was charged with possession of a controlled substance, and the outstanding arrest warrant for parole violation was served.
