Two people were arrested in Craig around 10 a.m. Thursday for alleged meth and fentanyl distribution after multiple agencies across Moffat and Routt counties concluded a month-long investigation, according to a news release.

Elizabeth Ginther, 35, and Clinton Ginther, 42, are charged with illegal distribution of controlled substances, a Class 1 drug felony, states the news release. Elizabeth also faces charges of tampering with physical evidence, a Class 6 felony.

Elizabeth and Clinton were also both charged with one count of child abuse, according to the arrest affidavits obtained by the newspaper. According to Deputy District Attorney Matthew Tjosvold, Elizabeth and Clinton are divorced, live together and share two children.

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According to the news release, the investigation was conducted by the All Crimes Enforcement Team, which includes officers from the Craig Police Department, Moffat County Sheriff’s Office, Steamboat Springs Police Department, and Routt County Sheriff’s Office.

The All Crimes Enforcement Team’s primary mission is to “identify, disrupt and dismantle drug-trafficking organizations,” states the news release.

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Elizabeth and Clinton were arrested after the team executed a search warrant of their residence on Jeremiah Avenue in Craig, where they were allegedly distributing meth, states the news release. The arrest affidavits add that the two were also allegedly distributing fentanyl and that “suspected” cocaine was found on the property.

According to the affidavits, a Moffat County sheriff’s deputy spoke to a “source of information” on Jan. 20 regarding meth and fentanyl distribution in the area.

The informant told law enforcement that Elizabeth and Clinton Ginther were transporting “bulk” quantities of meth and fentanyl to Craig from out of town. The informant stated that they knew this information because they had purchased meth from Elizabeth in the past, according to the affidavits.

According to the informant’s statement in the affidavits, Elizabeth had allegedly been distributing drugs in the Craig area for “the last four or five months,” and the informant had “seen what was estimated to be a pound” of meth in Elizabeth’s car.

The affidavits state that Elizabeth was getting drugs from “Mexicans,” and added that “the Mexicans had come to Craig” to deliver the drugs “several months ago,” according to the court documents.

When deputies searched the trash collected outside of the Clinton’s residence on Feb. 10, they found “numerous various-sized plastic baggies, two glass (meth) bongs, a small glass tube with burnt residue,” as well as mail addressed to Elizabeth and a “hypodermic syringe and three illicit drug test kits for saliva,” according to the affidavits.

“A one-gallon size… bag containing several baggies and plastic containers with (a) clear crystal substance, a rubber bong part, and three hypodermic syringes (with brown liquid inside) were also found,” states the affidavits.

The evidence was collected and tested at the Moffat County Public Safety Center. According to the affidavits, the tests produced positive results for meth and fentanyl.

The affidavits also state that both Elizabeth and Clinton have been “suspects in past drug-related investigations and both have been arrested, charges and convicted of illegal drug violations.”

The All Crimes Enforcement Team executed the search warrant on Thursday morning. According to the affidavits, Clinton was arrested in the home and Elizabeth was arrested after she came out of a small shed with two plastic bags that contained a “white crystal substance.”

According to the affidavits, Elizabeth “tore the bags open and threw the bags’ contents on the ground, spreading their contents in the ice and snow” when she was told to put her hands up in the air. She was then arrested, and the search of the residence continued.

Elizabeth told law enforcement that she had been “using and dealing” meth for “the last year,” and had traveled “multiple times” to pick up drugs, according to the affidavits. She stated that she had “picked up” about four ounces of meth in the last year, which she paid about $1,200 for.

Elizabeth also stated that she had thrown the white substance on the ground because she was “scared” and “didn’t want to get caught with the (meth).”

According to the affidavits, after the residence was searched, law enforcement found about 109 grams of meth on the ground where Elizabeth had thrown the bags, as well as an additional 84 grams of meth, .55 grams of “suspected” cocaine, 11 oxycodone pills, scales with “suspected” meth residue on the pans, more “baggies” and “multiple” meth pipes and bongs with “white residue.”

During court appearances on Friday, Moffat County Judge James Hesson set Clinton’s bond at $50,000 and Elizabeth’s bond at $30,000.

Both Clinton’s and Elizabeth’s court appearances are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Moffat County Court.