Released by the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office …
HOLMES COUNTY – A Westville man was taken into custody Wednesday, November 13, after deputies with the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a suspicious person walking in the area of Highway 179-A and Bowers Road in Westville.
Deputies were able to make contact with the subject, identified as 28-year-old Garrett D. Lane of Westville.
A subsequent search of a backpack Lane was carrying resulted in the discovery of an altered light bulb containing a burnt reside which field tested positive for methamphetamine.
Lane was placed in custody and transported to the Holmes County Jail where a strip search resulted in the discovery of a smoking pipe and a baggie containing a substance Lane confirmed to be methamphetamine.
Lane is charged with possession of methamphetamine, introducing contraband into a detention facility, and possession of drug paraphernalia.