The sheriff’s department has charged an Alexandria man after allegedly finding a meth lab on his property on Halloween .Timothy Wade Ford, 43, was charged with initiation of a process to manufacture methamphetamine on Oct. 31. According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, detectives and deputies assisting Tennessee Department of Correction probation officers in a search of Ford's New Hope Road residence found several pills and white powder inside the home. Ray said a drug detective received consent to search an outbuilding where he allegedly found meth lab components were found.The search reportedly revealed two Mason jars containing Coleman fuel, rubber tubing with a bottle cap on the end, Gatorade bottles, empty Sudafed blister packs, muriatic acid, cut strips from lithium batteries and baggies containing 15 aluminum foil balls.
Sheriff reports Halloween meth lab bust