Virginia ABC agents charge Suffolk man after police discover alcohol still
A man charged with several felonies in connection to a Suffolk marijuana-growing operation has also been charged in connection to the discovery of an alcohol still on the same property.
Agents with the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control charged Leslie Allen Vanhoose, 59, with two felonies, which include the manufacture of alcoholic beverages without a license and the possession of weapons within 100 yards of a place where alcoholic beverages were unlawfully manufactured, according to the state agency’s news release.
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Vicksburg Rd, Suffolk, VA 23437, USA
He was also charged with two misdemeanors — possessing or keeping alcoholic beverages upon which imposed taxes have not been paid, and keeping, storing or possessing a still or distilling apparatus without a permit, the release said.
The charges are in connection to an active alcohol still discovered in the 400 block of Vicksburg Road while police were serving a search warrant on the property to shutdown a marijuana-growing operation, the release said.
Police called in ABC agents, who obtained a separate search warrant and seized a cooker hot plate, cooker pot, cooler coil and barrel, and bottles that were suspected to contain illegally distilled alcohol from Vanhoose’s property, according to the release.
Vanhoose was processed at Western Tidewater Regional Jail, where he is also facing drug-related charges in connection to the marijuana-growing operation. Two other men also have been charged in the marijuana-growing enterprise.
