Crime & Safety

Lexington Man Faces Multiple Charges After Meth Lab Found in Home

Lexington County deputies arrested a man on multiple charges including manufacturing methamphetamine and possession of a prescription drug.

A 26-year-old Lexington man was arrested this week for allegedly operating a methamphetamine lab at his home near Lexington. 

Travis Leon Horton of 1106 Bluefield Road, Lexington, was charged Wednesday with third-offense manufacturing methamphetamine; third-offense possession of methamphetamine; third-offense possession of heroin; third-offense possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute; possessing weapons during the commission of a violent crime; possessing pseudoephedrine that was unlawfully converted from a pill form to a powder form; and second-offense possession of a prescription drug. 

Officers say they found the following at Horton’s home during a search of the property:

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Five plastic bottles that had been used as reaction vessels to manufacture meth were found, according to a release. The bottles, empty battery casings and empty packages of pseudoephedrine were found in a closet in a bedroom at Horton’s home as well as in one suitcase and one backpack that officers found outside the home. Officers also found less than one gram of meth at Horton’s home.                            

Eighteen pills of hydrocodone were found in the master bedroom of Horton’s home. He did not have a prescription for hydrocodone, according to the sheriff’s department.

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Pseudoephedrine was found in a blender at Horton’s home that had been unlawfully converted from its original pill form to a powder form, according to a release.

Officers also found four handguns, between 28 and 100 grams of marijuana and a clear plastic bag in the home that contained more than one gram of heroin.

About $3,000 in cash was seized during the search.

Horton was being held on Wednesday at the Lexington County Detention Center.


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