-from gbtribune.com-

By Susan Thacker

Security software built into a stolen laptop computer led police to a Hoisington residence on Tuesday. Authorities not only found the computer, but they also uncovered what appears to be a methamphetamine lab.

Detective Denton Doze at the Great Bend Police Department said the $9,000 computer, along with hand tools and power tools, was stolen during a burglary reported last Friday at the My Town project, 1419 Main Street.

The first time someone went online with the missing laptop, the manufacturer tracked it through the e-mail and notified police. Detective Doze got a search warrant for the residence of Dennis L. Price at 413 Maple Street in Hoisington. The Hoisington Police Department, including Chief Kenton Doze (the Great Bend detective’s brother), and the Barton County Sheriff’s Office were involved in executing the warrant. Their search began around 11 a.m. Tuesday.

“The computer was on the living room floor,” Detective. Doze said. During the search for the missing hand tools, suspected drugs were found and it was Hoisington Police Chief Kenton Doze’s turn to get a search warrant.

“We found what we suspected to be methamphetamine,” Chief Doze said. Hoisington got a third search warrant when officers found “what looks like the components of a meth lab.”

Price was booked into the Barton County Jail on charges of possession of ephedrine, drug manufacturing equipment and marijuana. He is being held in lieu of $300,000 bond.

As of Wednesday evening, the missing tools had not been accounted for.

-from bluemountainscourierherald.com-

The OPP busted a huge indoor grow-op in Grey Highlands last week.
On November 20, members of the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau - Drug Enforcement Section, Grey County OPP and the Western Region Emergency Response Team executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act Search Warrant at a residence located on Sideroad 13A in the Municipality of Grey Highlands.
Police uncovered an elaborate indoor marijuana grow operation and marijuana plants with an estimated potential street value of $4.5 million were seized. In addition to the illegal drugs, the police located and seized $16,500 in cash, a pick-up truck, two tractors and approximately $45,000 worth of grow-related equipment.
Police arrested Richard Frazer, 39, of Grey Highlands. He is charged with Production of a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime and Theft of Electricity.