TOP PHOTO: La Follette Police and Campbell County Sheriff’s Office worked together on Friday morning in the execution of a narcotics search warrant that resulted in one person being arrested.

Units with the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office converged on this home just before 11am Friday.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – One person is in jail this morning, being held without bond, as the result of a drug raid conducted on Friday morning by the Campbell County Sheriff’s Drug Investigation Unit and SWAT Team.

Investigators executed a narcotics search warrant at the large white home that sits on the corner of South 27th Street and West Central Avenue, near the entrance to Woodlawn Cemetery. Multiple people at the home were interviewed with one person being placed into custody.

On Friday morning, sheriff’s investigators executed a narcotics search warrant at this home that sits next to the entrance to Woodlawn Cemetery on the far west end of La Follette.

Arrested was 42-year- old Derick Byrge of 102 South 27th Street-La Follette. Byrge is facing charges of the manufacture, delivery and sell of illegal drugs as well as felony possession. Until his May 18th court date, Byrge is being held in the Campbell County Jail without bond. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 05/16/2022-6AM)

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