By Associated Press - Monday, October 17, 2016

CHEROKEE VILLAGE, Ark. (AP) - A sheriff in north Arkansas says he’s recovering after he was injured while serving a search warrant.

Sharp County Sheriff Mark Counts says he was hurt while serving a search warrant last Friday at a home in Cherokee Village. Counts tells Jonesboro television KAIT (https://bit.ly/2ebzIdt ) that authorities found a trap door inside a bedroom floor. The sheriff says authorities found components of a methamphetamine lab once the door was opened.

Counts says he inhaled toxic chemicals inside the home and was taken to a hospital in Batesville, but he’s since been released.



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Information from: KAIT-TV, https://www.kait8.com/

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