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Officers sniff out medicine buyer, meth lab

By Richelle Bailey | The McDowell News

Published: November 2, 2009

A local woman who was buying an excessive amount of cold medication led investigators straight to her meth lab, authorities say.
She and a man at the residence face multiple charges.
Agents with the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation obtained an arrest warrant for Wendi Causby Cannon, 44, of 210 Daylily Drive in Marion earlier this year after she violated the pseudoephedrine law on three occasions, according to officers.
The state's pseudoephedrine law puts a cap on the amount of certain cold medications that can be bought by one person during a given time. The law targets medications that contain pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in making methamphetamine.
Investigators stated that they went to Cannon's home Wednesday to serve the warrant and discovered, outside the residence, items commonly used to manufacture the drug. So, they obtained a search warrant for the house, and found meth-making materials inside, detectives added.
In addition to the pseudoephedrine law violation, Cannon was charged with two counts of possession of an immediate precursor chemical used to manufacture methamphetamine and one count each of manufacturing methamphetamine and felony possession of methamphetamine.
The other occupant of the residence, 51-year-old Darrell Ray Wilson, was charged with three counts of possession of an immediate precursor chemical used to manufacture methamphetamine and one count each of felony possession of methamphetamine, manufacturing methamphetamine and maintaining a place to keep a controlled substance.
Assisting the SBI in the case were deputies with the McDowell County Sheriff's Office and officers with the Marion Police Department.