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Six arrested in separate drug busts in Grainger County

Posted: Mon 7:14 AM, Aug 27, 2012

GRAINGER COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - Grainger County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested six people in three separate drug busts since Thursday.

Authorities arrested Danny Joe Gray Sunday after finding two grams of white powder believed to be meth.

Officers also seized numerous tools involved in making meth. Gray is in the Grainger County Jail on a $50,000 bond.

Saturday, authorities arrested Corey and Heather Atkins at their home on Cross Road in Bean Station. Both face a number of charges.

Inside the home, Sheriff Scott Layel says deputies found Roxycodone, marijuana, drug paraphenalia, and a loaded handgun.

And on Thursday, deputies arrested these three people: Brittany Faulkner, Brittany Roberts, and Joshua Ramsey, after pulling over a car in Blaine.

Deputies spotted a broken glass jar with meth residue on it.

They later found ingredients to make meth.

All three face various meth related charges.


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