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Fourth arrest made in connection with large meth seizure east of Mountain Home

The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a fourth person in connection with a large methamphetamine seizure last week at in rural Mountain Home.

Twenty-year-old Carson Michael Grass of Mountain Home was taken into custody Thursday after investigators obtained a warrant for his arrest. According to the sheriff’s office, the ongoing investigation linked Grass to handling and transporting a portion of the methamphetamine that was seized during the operation.

Authorities say the case is related to the earlier arrests of Cameron Baker, Hannah Smolek, and Wesley Bray, who were taken into custody last week in connection with the same investigation.

Grass was booked into the Baxter County Detention Center on felony charges of trafficking a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held on $150,000 bond and is scheduled to appear before Baxter County Circuit Court on Nov. 17.

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