The Sallisaw Police Department and District 27 Drug Task Force worked together Dec. 17 to shut down an alleged methamphetamine lab on Wheeler Avenue.

Police arrested Quetisha Flynn, 32, and Eutiquio Ortega, 43, both of Sallisaw, after allegedly finding several dangerous chemicals that are commonly used to make methamphetamines scattered around the suspects’ home. The two were booked into the Sallisaw City Jail on various drug-related charges.

Detective Herb Hutchinson along with other officers served a narcotics search warrant at Ortega’s and Flynn’s home on the 2000 block of North Wheeler Avenue. Hutchinson searched the residence and discovered a plastic bag containing a green leafy substance, that field-tested positive for marijuana, multiple cut straws with residue, metal and wooden smoking devices with burned residue, a white powder substance, and several items used to make methamphetamines.

During the search, Hutchinson found a burn pile behind the home with several burned blister packs marked pseudophedrine and numerous melted plastic bottles. Hutchinson said 20 feet from the burn pile was a plastic bottle containing an off-red powder substance.

Officers found a trail leading from the house into a wooded area. Hutchinson said while he was walking the trail he found three plastic 20-liter bottles containing an off-red liquid and chunk substance. He also found multiple coffee filters.

During the booking process Jailer Ellen Young discovered a plastic bag containing a green leafy substance on Flynn. Ortega and Flynn were later released on a $36,500 bond.