Fort Morgan – A city councilman was arrested on charges of making and selling drugs after police raided a suspected methamphetamine lab, authorities said today.
Mike Mese, 35, was being held without bail on charges of manufacture, possession, sale and distribution of drugs, possession of materials to make methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia, Mayor Jack Darnell said in a written statement.
Police Chief Keith Kuretich said in a statement that officers found the suspected drug lab Thursday night but it was unclear when Mese was arrested or why investigators linked him to the equipment.
Neither Kuretich nor Darnell immediately returned phone calls.
Fort Morgan, a town of about 11,000 people, is 70 miles northeast of Denver.
