Courtney Christine Bowling

Kosciusko County officers arrested two individuals Friday on drug charges near Webster Lake.

Kosciusko County Drug Task Force officers, along with officers from the Warsaw Police Narcotics Unit, received an anonymous tip Friday, Aug. 15, regarding methamphetamine being potentially manufactured at the address of 8912 East, County Road 500 North, North Webster. Officers arrived shortly after 6:30 p.m. at the suspected location and discovered an active one-pot method meth lab inside the residence.

Kyle Edward Bradford

Deputies also located two residents of the home, identified as Courtney Christine Bowling, 24, and Kyle Edward Bradford, 23. Both Bowling and Bradford were taken into custody and preliminarily charged with dealing/manufacturing methamphetamine, level 5 felony. Both suspects are currently being held in the Kosciusko County Jail on individual $150,000 bonds.

The Indiana State Police Clandestine Lab Team was also summoned to the scene to secure and remove the methamphetamine lab from the residence.

The Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office advises that the defendant’s charge is merely an accusation and that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.