Backhoe finds drug bag in septic tank

FRIERSON, La. (AP) - Flushed evidence doesn't go far if your toilet's on a septic system.

DeSoto Parish sheriff's Lt. Toni Joe Morris said Tuesday that deputies brought in a backhoe when drug agents raided a home and business and met the owner coming out of a bathroom.

He said a bag of methamphetamine and needles was floating on the sewage.

Deputies booked Paul Fuller, 49, on Friday with possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, as well as possessing a firearm with drugs present.

Morris tells The Times of Shreveport that Joshua Verhoef, 27, of White Oak, Texas was at the house and was booked with possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. He reportedly violated his parole.