Tip leads to Aiken drug arrests
SC Bureau
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 10:14 a.m.

AIKEN – Aiken County sheriff's deputies seized nearly $50,000 in cash, guns and narcotics at a Langley home.

A citizen called Crime Stoppers Monday informing them that there were drugs at a home in the 200 block of Dunbar Street in Langley, Aiken County sheriff’s Sgt. Dave Myers said this morning in a news release.

Investigators obtained a search warrant on the home, and found methamphetamines, marijuana, a variety of pills, two shotguns and a handgun, Sgt. Myers said.

The search led to the arrest of three people. The sheriff’s office charged Gerald Courson, 49, of the 200 block of Dunbar Street, with trafficking methamphetamine in the first degree, distribution of methamphetamine in the first degree, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, possession of a firearm with a removed or obliterated serial number, possession of marijuana and four counts of possession of a controlled substance.

Lisa Smith, 38, of the 300 block of Edisto Ave., Beech Island, was charged with possession of methamphetamine in the first degree, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Julie Hydrick, 23, of the 30 block of Buckskin Court, Warrenville, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Sheriff Michael Hunt said the drug bust is a great example of the importance of the Crime Stoppers line.

”Crime Stoppers is a valuable resource for citizens to utilize addressing drug issues in their communities,” he said in the news release.

Citizens can offer law enforcement tips anonymously by calling (888) CRIME-SC.

From the Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 online edition of The Augusta Chronicle
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