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Four Charged In Meth Lab Discovery at a Memphis Motel

Release Date: September 21, 2004

Shelby County Sheriff’s Narcotics Deputies say four people face drug charges today in connection with a meth lab discovered late yesterday at a south-east Memphis motel.

Undercover deputies had recently been to the Deluxe Inn at 3456 Lamar Avenue and bought methamphetamine powder from one of the suspects. Just after 4 p.m. yesterday, deputies returned to the motel with a search warrant for the methamphetamine powder.

Investigators say they not only found more drugs but a home-made lab in the motel bathtub that was used to make methamphetamine. Officers found a variety of dangerous chemicals including red phosphorus, heating elements and glass beakers.

Deputies took four people from Pocahontas, Arkansas, into custody during the raid. They are:

• T.A. Graves, 57
• Dana Graves, 47 (wife of T.A. Graves)
• Phillip Holloway, 35
• Laurel Humprey, 44

T.A. Graves	Dana Graves	Phillip Holloway	Laurel Humprey

T.A. Graves faces Federal charges that include attempting to manufacture methamphetamine and possession of firearms during a drug trafficking arrest. Deputies found two pistols and a sub-machine gun in his room.

The other three people have been charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture, deliver, or sell methamphetamine. The three have also been charged with possession of marijuana.