RATHDRUM, Idaho – Detectives from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) Special Investigation Unit arrested a 61-year-old Rathdrum man on Friday afternoon for manufacturing drugs. This arrest led to the commencement of a related child abuse investigation.

The arrest occurred at 11:30 a.m., in collaboration with the Coeur d’Alene Police Department’s Community Action Team. Following a drug trafficking investigation, authorities executed a search warrant at a home in the 7000 block of West Crenshaw Street.

According to KCSO officials, after detaining the 61-year-old suspect, detectives found what they described as “an active crack cocaine manufacturing setup” inside the home, in addition to various narcotics including cocaine, methamphetamine, unprescribed hydrocodone and over two pou

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