Security guard jailed after police say he ran meth house near West Palm Beach daycare

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A West Palm Beach security guard is behind bars after investigators say he was running a crystal meth operation out of his 13th Street apartment.

Detectives with the West Palm Beach Police Department say the probe began after apartment residents and Crimestoppers tips alerted them to drug activity at the apartment of 26-year-old Christian Padilla.

Police say the investigation began as controlled buys where an undercover agent bought crack cocaine and crystal meth from Padilla…

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