The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and N.C.  State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) this week busted their second methamphetamine lab in Polk County this year.
The lab was discovered in the Green Creek community on Monday, Nov. 1.

Flint Oniel Henderson, 52, of 560 Phillip Henderson Road, Rutherfordton, N.C., was arrested and charged with one count of felony manufacturing methamphetamine, one count of felony maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/place for a controlled substance, one count of felony possession/distribution of methamphetamine precursor and one count of felony possession of weapon of mass destruction, according to sheriff’s office reports.
Also arrested was Karrie Leigh Kight, 29, of 560 Phillip Henderson Road, Rutherfordton, N.C., who was charged with one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Investigators said they executed a search warrant of the suspected meth lab and located a variety of material used in the production of methamphetamine, including decongestants, lithium batteries, salts and propane. The methamphetamine was being produced in a 20-ounce plastic bottle, according to the sheriff’s office.
A hazardous materials team out of Spartanburg, S.C., was called in to clean up the material.
The Green Creek lab, Polk’s second this year, was classified as a small lab.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and SBI busted the largest meth lab in Polk County’s history on Aug. 24, 2011 in the Sunny View community. The Sunny View bust was the first meth lab to be discovered in Polk County since 2007.
Arrested in the Sunny View bust were Jessica Nicole Hardin and Jason Carroll Barnes, who were charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, as well as charges associated with having two toddlers in the home while producing methamphetamine.
Hardin and Barnes were scheduled to appear in Polk County District Court yesterday, Wednesday, Nov. 2.
No children were living in the home where the Green Creek meth lab was busted this week.
Henderson was given a $25,000 bond, according to sheriff’s office reports, while Kight was released on a written promise to appear in court.