BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — Two people were charged with trafficking after Burke County sheriff’s deputies seized 27 pounds of meth in a significant drug bust.
Diamond Lipscomb and Jennifer Halstead were charged with trafficking in methamphetamine and possession with intent to sell or deliver methamphetamine as a result of a nearly year-long investigation.
On Thursday, investigators attempted to pull Lipscomb over in a traffic stop in Long View. Before officers could stop him, he pulled over and ran through the woods. After a brief pursuit, he was arrested.
Halstead was arrested after a traffic stop in Connelly Springs.
Both suspects had outstanding warrants for drug-related offenses at the time of their arrests.
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