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Sumter County authorities arrested two people after finding a meth lab in a wooded area near Pinewood.
Members of the Sumter County drug unit got information that a meth lab was being operated in a wooded area near Rooster Circle in Pinewood. When authorities searched the area, they found several items used to produce methamphetamine.
Forty four-year-old Jerome Benenhaley and 27-year-old Kelli Weaver were arrested and taken to the Sumter/Lee Regional Detention Center.
The investigation will continue. Authorities expect more arrests.