Original Blog Entry: Bra padded with $13,000 of Meth

truesee — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:28:54 GMT

Pound of meth found in bra By Mark Harrison

The Times-Journal

Published July 29, 2009

A Cedartown, Ga. woman was arrested Tuesday near Crossville and charged with padding her bra with methamphetamine.

Oralia Ramirez, 37, is charged with trafficking in a controlled substance. She was in the DeKalb County jail Wednesday, waiting for bond to be set.

DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris said agents with the DeKalb County Drug Task Force and Marshall County Drug Enforcement Unit stopped a 1991 Plymouth Acclaim, being driven by Ramirez, at the intersection of Highway 68 and Highway168 around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, for a traffic violation.

Harris said Ramirez consented to a search. He said Crossville Officer Ada Hamilton performed a pat down and allegedly found a pound of meth, in ice form, hidden inside Ramirez s bra.

Harris said the street value of the meth is about $13,000.

This was obviously a large amount of meth that we are very pleased to have out of our county, Harris said. We really appreciate the Marshall County DEU and officer Hamilton for their roles in this arrest. It is really outstanding to have such a high level of cooperation between our local agencies.

In an unrelated incident, the Fort Payne Police Department arrested three on Tuesday for manufacturing meth at a house at 1812 Forest Avenue NW.

Dusty Lane Johnson, 32 and Elizabeth Suzanne Bowman, 31, and Derrick Austin Rothell, 20, of Fyffe, are charged with manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, second-degree possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Fort Payne Police Chief Ron Ogletree said the three were arrested after police carried out a search warrant at the Forest Avenue home and found methamphetamine, along with chemicals for manufacturing meth. He said police also found marijuana and several items of drug paraphernalia.

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