GUYTON, Georgia — A long-running drug investigation ended with the largest methamphetamine seizure ever recorded in Effingham County after investigators uncovered an extraordinary number of meth labs inside a single residence on McLaws Road.
Officials with the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant Wednesday at a home in the 400 block of McLaws Road, where they discovered more than 130 meth labs and arrested two local men, marking a major milestone in the county’s ongoing fight against illegal drugs.
Investigation Leads Back to a Familiar Area
Law enforcement officials said investigators were not surprised to be conducting another operation in the Pineora community, an area that has seen repeated drug activity over the years. What caught deputies off guard was the sheer scale of what they found inside the home.
According to investigators, 136 “one-pot” meth labs—plastic bottles containing chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine—were located throughout the residence. In addition, deputies found 42 “gassing generators,” containers believed to hold finished meth product…