Batesburg man arrested, accused of manufacturing drugs in shed

BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, S.C. (WIS) - The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said they arrested a Batesburg man who is accused of manufacturing crack and meth.

Jarvis Oneil Adams, 37, was identified by Lexington County narcotics agents as a local drug trafficker, according to Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon. Eventually, narcotics agents issued a search warrant of Adams’s property.

Koon said agents found a spoon, whisk, glass container and heating source that tested positive for cocaine in a shed on his property. The arrest warrant states agents also found a box in the shed that contained over 400 grams of a clear, crystal-like substance consistent with meth.

Adams was arrested Friday and charged with trafficking meth and possession of the supplies to manufacture crack. He was taken to the Lexington County Detention Center.

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