HOLT —Baker resident Robert Lee Hall is facing drug trafficking charges from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office after deputies found methamphetamine near his vehicle this morning.
According to the sheriff’s office arrest report, an OCSO officer responded to a call from a concerned citizen living along Wilkerson Bluff Road in Holt.
The citizen reported a suspicious vehicle, described as a white Ford F-150, in the area. An officer responded to the call and located the described vehicle along the roadway.
In the report, the responding officer observed Hall standing outside of the vehicle. Before approaching Hall, the officer reported seeing the suspect drop a white pill bottle on the ground and trying to kick the bottle underneath the truck.
When the officer asked Hall about the bottle, Hall said he had just found it. Since Hall said the bottle did not belong to him, the officer investigated the bottle and substance inside of it at the scene, which later tested positive for methamphetamine.
Officers on scene identified a plastic bottle in the vehicle, which also tested positive for methamphetamine.
In the report, Hall told officers that he found the plastic bottle with its contained substance a few days ago and put it in his truck. Hall told officers that he planned to dump the liquid out, but never got around to doing so.
Officers also identified other products regularly used to manufacture methamphetamine, including lithium batteries and drain cleaner.
Hall denied producing methamphetamine at the scene, but said he has produced methamphetamine in the past, the arrest report stated.
Hall was taken into custody and booked into Okaloosa County Jail.
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