Shelby County deputies arrest Harpersville man after finding meth lab in vehicle

 Harpersville, Al.
A 33-year-old Harpersville man was arrested on charges of first degree unlawful manufacturing of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia after members of Shelby County Drug Enforcement Task Force found a methemphetamine lab inside a vehicle, the sheriff's office said today.

Joshua Alan Cannon

Joshua Alan Cannon was taken into custody Tuesday after deputies pulled him over in Harpersville, found items thought to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine, and called members of the drug task force to the scene, the sheriff's office said.
Cannon is in the Shelby County Jail on bonds totaling $101,000 that are related to the drug charges.
The task force is made of officers from the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, Alabaster Police Department, Pelham Police Department, Harpersville Police Department, Helena Police Department, the Shelby County District Attorney's Office, and the Alabama National Guard Counter Drug Program.
Lt. Kevin Turner, of the sheriff's office, is commander of the task force. He said the deputies' partnership with the task force and the training deputies received on spotting items used to make meth kept "this individual (Cannon) from endangering the citizens of Shelby County by distributing or consuming his product."