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Agents Dismantle West Melbourne Meth Labs

By  //  April 9, 2012

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Sheriff’s agents arrested Ali Smoak, 33, Carl Strohlin, 31, Ashley Murphy, 29, and Louis Capobianco, 37, on charges of trafficking in methamphetamine, manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine and the possession of listed chemicals.

BREVARD COUNTY • WEST MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit, along with the West Melbourne Police Department, dismantled a methamphetamine lab  at 2045 Botanica Circle in West Melbourne.

Sheriff’s agents arrested Ali Smoak, 33, Carl Strohlin, 31, Ashley Murphy, 29, and Louis Capobianco, 37, on charges of trafficking in methamphetamine, manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine and the possession of listed chemicals.

The suspects are being held in the Brevard County Jail Complex with no bond.

The labs were discovered when the West Melbourne Police Department received a call shortly after midnight April 6 advising that a suspicious car was observed in the neighborhood.

In raiding a meth lab in West Melbourne on April 6, agents found 400 grams of methamphetamine oil, 15 weapons, to include shotguns with extended drum magazines, assault rifles and two tactical bullet resistant body armor vests.

Officers identified Murphy and Smoak in a vehicle parked in front of Capobianco’s residence on Botanica Circle.

The officers additionally observed an active mobile methamphetamine lab in the vehicle and then notified the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit who immediately responded.

Upon arrival, it was discovered that in addition to the active mobile lab, a second active lab was in operation within the residence.

A search warrant was then executed on the residence where agents discovered approximately 400 grams of methamphetamine oil,  15 weapons, to include shotguns with extended drum magazines, assault rifles and two tactical bullet resistant body armor vests.

Smoak has a criminal history relating to methamphetamine. He was arrested in October for trafficking in methamphetamine and is pending trial on that arrest.

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