The Fayette County Sheriff's

Department's Drug Task Force took out a drug operation at a Fayetteville

apartment complex last week that could have had deadly consequences.

When DTF agents raided a unit

at the Swanbrook Apartments off East Lanier Avenue, they found an adult

who was "cooking" methamphetamine in a process that produces

chemicals which could ultimately prove deadly. Two small children were

also found inside the apartment and both were at risk of breathing in

ill fumes, according to sheriff's officials.

Keith McAlister, 31, was arrested

for criminal attempt to manufacture methamphetamine. DTF agents were not

sure whether or not the product manufactured by McAlister was distributed

locally, said Sgt. Belinda McCastle of the Sheriff's Department.

The investigation began with

a citizen's complaint and agents had been working the case for approximately

one month, McCastle said.

McCastle declined to reveal

the children's relationship with McAlister.

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