Five people arrested and arraigned on charges of manufacturing methamphetamines will have their case sent to the Grand Jury.

Their appeal to have each of their bonds reduced from $50,000 cash also was rejected by District Judge Shan Embry, and the suspects were returned to jail.

During a preliminary hearing held Monday (Feb. 21) in Grayson District Court, County Attorney Tom Goff called only one witness, Detective Terry Blanton with the Grayson County Sheriff's Department, to establish probable cause that William Payne Jr., 32, of Caneyville, Lorna Garner, 27, of Brownsville, Michael Harp, 26, of Caneyville, Crystal Brooks, 24, of Leitchfield and Larry Brooks, 28, also of Leitchfield, were involved in manufacturing methamphetamines.

Blanton testified that he had received information that Payne was going around to several businesses in Caneyville, including Dollar General and Green's IGA, and buying ingredients used in the manufacturing of meth, such as Red Devil Lye drain opener and pseudoephedrine (brand name Sudafed).

After investigating this, Blanton testified that he could indeed confirm that Payne had made these purchases.

During an initial interview, Blanton said, Payne admitted to buying several boxes of pseudoephedrine and the Red Devil lye.

After obtaining a search warrant, Blanton said he got law enforcement officers together from several agencies, including the Kentucky State Police and the Greater Hardin County Narcotics Task Force and executed the search warrant about 10:30 p.m. at Payne's residence, 10890 Beaver Dam Road in Caneyville.

Blanton testified that once they arrived at the residence law enforcement found a meth lab in an unattached garage next to the house.

He said that the meth lab was "active to the extent that they were working on a meth base."

Blanton believed that they had already manufactured meth, and were in the process of making another batch.

Blanton also testified about what was found in and around the residence and garage.

With three full pages of items, he said officers found: marijuana and marijuana cigarettes; a number of syringes used for shooting up drugs, some with blood still on them from recent use, and one with a clear liquid still in it; between 500 and 1,000 used needles; diazepam ("liquid valium") ; "many" pills and other drugs; lots of coffee filters; a variety of guns and ammunition; "numb chucks" ; spatulas; fans; a modified gas/propane tank; Wal-Mart receipts that showed the purchase of meth ingredients; alarm systems; a video camera on a fence post near the driveway; an open bag of fertilizer-3200; Red Devil lye; boxes of pseudoephedrine; ether cans; plastic tubing; blending machines; measuring cups; gas masks; a scanner; unlabeled bottles of clear liquids and a recipe for cooking meth underneath the mattress of a bed located in the bedroom where Payne and Garner were found.

In statements given to police, Blanton said that Larry Brooks told him that he was simply there to "steal" some meth from Payne and then leave.

Blanton then testified that when authorities later apprehended Larry Brooks, who was in close proximity to the residence, he was found with "several knives on his person, six bundles of meth in his pocket and three lithium batteries (part of the meth recipe found at the residence) wrapped in electrical tape."

Blanton said that Crystal Brooks told him in a statement that she was only there to get some "liquid valium" from Payne and that her husband (Larry) was supposed to be at Payne's.

She also allegedly told Blanton that she saw several people in the garage, including Harp and her husband.

In Harp's statement, Blanton said, he claimed that he didn't know there was a meth lab in the garage.

When Harp was taken into custody however, he was wearing "camouflage clothing," which seemed suspicious, Blanton testified.

Like Harp, Garner also told authorities in her statement that she didn't know what was going on in the garage.

Blanton further testified that much of what was found in and around the home and garage has been sent to the state lab in Frankfort for testing, and fingerprints taken from inside the alleged meth lab will be compared to the five people who stand accused of manufacturing meth.