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Meth found in package leads to three arrests on Prince of Wales Island

Clear-cuts and old-growth forests are part of the view of Indian Valley on Prince of Wales Island. The Forest Service just announced three more timber sales in the Island’s Big Thorne area. (Creative Commons photo by Nick Bonzey)
Clear-cuts and old-growth forests are part of the view of Indian Valley on Prince of Wales Island. The Forest Service just announced three more timber sales in the Island’s Big Thorne area. (Creative Commons photo by Nick Bonzey)

Three people were arrested on Prince of Wales Island after postal inspectors and Alaska State Troopers found nearly one-and-a-half ounces of methamphetamine in a package bound for a logging camp near Keete Inlet. That’s according to an AST dispatch dated Thursday.

According to troopers, the package was addressed to 32-year-old Tamara Hagara of Washington state. Troopers served a search warrant at the logging camp on Dec. 6. There, authorities say they found small amounts of meth and evidence that the drugs were being distributed. 

They arrested Hagara and Ramona Collins, a Klawock resident, on felony drug distribution charges. Troopers also arrested Kolton Tipton of Klawock for meth possession and violating probation.

Troopers took Hagara, Collins and Tipton to the Craig Jail. Hagara posted bail and is free awaiting trial, according to court records.

Eric Stone is Alaska Public Media’s state government reporter. Reach him at estone@alaskapublic.org.