The great smell of barbecued raccoon leads cops to the 'Squirrel Brothers' meth lab

Adam Eubank was charged with promoting the manufacture of meth

A man who was caught roasting a raccoon in the parking lot of his apartment complex then led police to a meth lab and landed his brother in jail.

The Tennessee man - who has not been named - was found grilling the raccoon by officers in his downtown Memphis parking lot.

He also had several large knives.

Investigators called in the department's meth task force to help after they discovered buckets of an unknown material.



Police arrested Adam Eubank, 26, from their apartment. They believe he purchased cold medicine used to manufacture methamphetamine nearly three dozen times in the past year, according to WPTV.com

He was charged with promoting the manufacture of meth and is being held on $75,000 bond.

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Fire: Eubank's brother was roasting the raccoon in the parking lot of the complex

Neighbour: Shelton Russell said she can't even imagine where they got the raccoon and said it was scary

Scene: Residents at this complex said they called the brothers the 'squirrel brothers' after they were caught skinning a squirrel

Neighbour Shelton Russell said: 'I'm shocked, I mean it's a raccoon, where did they even find it?'



Another neighbour said resident at the complex call them the squirrel brothers.

Chris Phillip explained: 'We found them on the common stairs skinning a squirrel one night.'

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