UPDATED: Police discover methamphetamine lab, mistreated dogs at Corbin residence Tuesday

Above, Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Shawn Jackson searches an outbuilding on property owned by Joseph Johnson on US25W Tuesday. Authorities found a methamphetamine lab at the residence. Johnson was arrested.

Two people were arrested without incident when Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies, U.S. Forestry Service officers and Kentucky State Police executed a search warrant near Corbin Tuesday afternoon in connection with a methamphetamine investigation.

According to Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell, about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, police executed a search warrant at 6750 Cumberland Falls Highway and recovered about eight grams of methamphetamine along with a methamphetamine lab on the charger scales, cash and the ingredients used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

"We located the components of a methamphetamine lab, finished product and a firearm," said Whitley County Sheriff’s Capt. Greg Pace.

Police also located 13 dogs inside the residence that they turned over to the custody of Whitley County Animal Control Officer Wayne Perkins.

Social workers were called to check on an elderly subject at the residence. The Laurel County Department of Public Safety decontaminated the two subjects involved in the lab and properly disposed of the hazardous waste.

Pace charged Joseph Craig Johnson, 31, of 6750 Cumberland Falls Highway, with manufacture of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of a meth precursor and first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.

He is still being held in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of a $50,000 cash bond.

Police charged Victoria C. Day, 31, of 6750 Cumberland Falls Highway with manufacture of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of meth precursors, Harrell said.

The arrests stemmed from a joint investigation by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, the United States Forestry Service, Kentucky State Police, and the Laurel County Sheriff’s Department. Officers that were involved and assisted at the scene were Special Agent Robert O’Neil, U.S. Forestry Service; Kelley Farris, Kentucky State Police; Pace, Sheriff’s Sgt. Shawn Jackson, Cpl. Ken Shepherd, Deputy Cody Harrell, and Deputy John Hill.