FENTRESS COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Fentress County Sheriff's Office's Narcotics Unit seized marijuana, methamphetamine, other drugs and drug paraphernalia from a wanted fugitive Friday morning.

Drug agents and agents with the FCSO's Fugitive Recovery unit went to a home along Round Mountain Road at 10:03 a.m. to search for Brita Lee West — an alleged fugitive with an active warrant for failure to appear in court. When authorities arrived, they found a woman matching West's description at the home. She reportedly retreated quickly into the home.

According to the FCSO, contact was made at the door and West appeared in the living room. She was taken into custody without incident.

The FCSO reportedly saw "digital scales with crystalline residue and a methamphetamine smoking apparatus in pl

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