A JACKSON, TENNESSEE, FIREFIGHTER WAS ARRESTED Thursday night when police officers stopped his car for a traffic violation and noticed a strong chemical odor coming from the inside. The Jeep Cherokee was being driven by the owner, Corey Clifft, 31, a firefighter with the Jackson Fire Department.
Officers say that Clifft admitted that the smell was coming from a portable meth lab in the back of the vehicle. The after getting Clifft’s permission to search the SUV, police found an electric pill grinder with pseudoephedrine residue inside, lithium batteries, fertilizer pellets, Coleman camp fuel, lye, plastic tubing, plastic bottles and unknown liquids inside the Cherokee.
Clifft, along with his passenger, a 32-yr.-old man, were both arrested and charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and felony possession of drug paraphernalia.
He has been placed on administrative leave without pay by the FD where he has been a firefighter for 5 years.
WNWS News has the full STORY.
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