LORETTO, Tenn. (WAFF/Gray News) – A drug bust announcement out of Lawrence County, Tennessee came with an atypical warning about the dangers of trying to flush away drug evidence.
The warning stemmed from a drug arrest in Loretto over the weekend. Police say when they went to serve the search warrant, the suspect, Andy Perry, unsuccessfully tried to flush methamphetamine and several items of paraphernalia. Perry was arrested on multiple drug and evidence tampering charges.
In a Facebook post, the police department gave this warning:
“On a more or less serious note: Folks…please don’t flush your drugs m’kay. When you send something down the sewer pipe it ends up in our retention ponds for processing before it is sent down stream. Now our sewer guys take great pride in releasing water that is cleaner than what is in the creek, but they are not really prepared for meth. Ducks, Geese, and other fowl frequent our treatment ponds and we shudder to think what one all hyped up on meth would do. Furthermore, if it made it far enough we could create meth-gators in Shoal Creek and the Tennessee River down in North Alabama. They’ve had enough methed up animals the past few weeks without our help. So, if you need to dispose of your drugs just give us a call and we will make sure they are disposed of in the proper way.”
The “methed up animals” is likely a reference to Limestone County’s “attack squirrel” case that made headlines across the country. Deputies say that suspect, Mickey Paulk, fed his pet squirrel meth to make it more aggressive. While on the run, Paulk denied this on Facebook Live and on the radio.
He was later arrested in Lauderdale County.
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tweeker gator
Meth Gator, in theaters 2020.
Followed by drug dealer who sees cop approaching, takes off running through a park and tosses his drug backpack up into a tree to hide it then gets hit by a car as he is running away. A few months later, Meth Squirrels.
Tried twice to comment on this one… WTF?
It was a reply to the above comment, but that one isn’t showing up on the comment sidebar (David Font)
Here was my (attempted) reply (more or less)…
WATCH OUT FOR TWITCHY!!!
https://youtu.be/zVw5a4OjcIE
I would think dilution in all that water would just about make anything like the amount of meth dumped in drains to a very low PPM
so again
scare tactics
UTTER BULLSHIT.
I RAISED A CHILD IN NORTH ALABAMA. NEVER SAW A GATOR. WADED AND SWAM DAMN NEAR EVERY RIVER AND CREEK THERE. I HAVE CAUGHT A FEW BIG BASS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TWEAKIN THOUGH…………
I don’t see the problem here. The alligator isn’t going to be hungry and its teeth are going to fall out. That would be a good thing, right?
So throw a couple hundred pounds in a fat farms swimming pool already.