Crime & Safety
Police: Couple Charged in Purchase of Meth-Making Drugs at Shop 'n Save
Ballwin Police said the two intended to sell the pseudoephedrine to a meth cook.
A couple faces charges of buying pseudoephedrine to resell or trade it to a methamphetamine dealer.
Ciara McCauseland, 19, and Joshua Askins, 24, both of the 2600 block of Lisa Lane in Pacific, each were charged with possessing a meth precursor drug with intent to make meth. McCauseland was charged Aug. 20; Askins was charged Aug. 21.
said they were identified as buying a product containing ephedrine for meth manufacture at the at 15425 Manchester Road on Dec. 6, 2011.
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Police said the couple intended to sell the cold medicine to someone who would use it to make meth.
Bond was set at $2,500 each for McCauseland and Askins.
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