Charges likely to come after police seize items consistent with meth lab

PETERSBURG ­– Police seized items from a residence in Petersburg last week that are consistent with the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine, according to a release from the department.

Last Thursday and Friday, Petersburg officers served multiple search warrants at a residence on Cornelius Road, and “another location,” according to the release.

Officers seized glassware, listed chemicals, materials used to package controlled substances for distribution and other suspicious substances, which will be submitted for official identification.

The suspects have been identified and the investigation is ongoing. The department said no further information will be released at this time. Chief of Police Kelly Swihart said charges are likely to be filed.

“We’re still gathering and sorting information,” Swihart said on Monday. “If we have to wait for crime lab results it could be weeks or months.”

Swihart said this investigation, and the case involving two Petersburg residents who were arrested on charges of allegedly shipping meth to Petersburg are “not related that we are aware of.”