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Three busted for trying to smuggle meth
Posted: 04.18.2012 at 1:48 PM
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Billy Jo Graves  / Courtesy: Fremont County Sheriff's Office
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FREMONT COUNTY, COLO. -- Fremont County Sheriff's deputies have arrested three people so far in a drug smuggling bust and said they anticipate more arrests.

Detectives with the Fremont County Combined Investigations Response Team arrested 51-year-old Billy Jo Graves, 34-year-old Jeremy Stephenson and 36-year-old Tina Young, all of whom were arrested after allegedly trying to transport methamphetamine into Fremont County from Pueblo County.

All three are Pueblo County residents and have been charged with possession with intent to distribute a schedule II controlled substance.

Deputies said they arrested the three after a traffic stop in which they found a significant amount of meth in the car.

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