Four people charged in connection with a drug investigation by the Elizabethton Police Department appeared in General Sessions Court Tuesday morning.

On Monday afternoon, the EPD announced four individuals had been arrested in connection with the discovery of a methamphetamine lab found at 730 Hickory St., Apartment D, Elizabethton.

According to information released by the EPD, officers of the department responded to the home on Hickory Street shortly after 9 a.m. after receiving a tip. As part of the investigation, officers arrested four individuals at the apartment.

• Brenard Elmer Roache Jr., 51, of 730 Hickory St., Apt. D, was charged with maintaining a dwelling where narcotics are sold/manufactured/distributed, promotion of methamphetamine manufacture, initiation of the process intended to result in methamphetamine manufacture, and felony possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Amanda Lee Ulrich, 30, 46 Ironworks Road, Clinton, Connecticut, was charged with 18 counts of promotion of methamphetamine manufacture, 12 counts of attempted promotion of methamphetamine manufacture, initiation of the process intended to result in methamphetamine manufacture, and felony possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Peter Steven Larangera, 39, no address available, was charged with initiation of the process intended to result in methamphetamine manufacture, seven counts of promotion of methamphetamine manufacture, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Elva Joanne Zukoski, 30, no address available, was charged with initiation of the process intended to result in methamphetamine manufacture, six counts of promotion of methamphetamine manufacture, eight counts of attempted promotion of methamphetamine manufacture, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

According to court documents, EPD Cpl. Matthew Taylor and Elizabethton Housing Development Agency Director Kelly Geagley were at the apartment on Hickory Street, and after observing a meth pipe in plain view in the apartment, they obtained consent from the resident, identified as Roache, to search the residence. During that search, according to court documents, Taylor saw what he believed to be a “one pot” meth lab in the kitchen.

Taylor then called for drug investigators to respond to the scene, and those investigators confirmed the item Taylor saw was a meth lab.

The Tennessee Dangerous Drug Task Force responded to the scene to neutralize the methamphetamine lab. The Carter County Rescue Squad decontaminated all four of the apartment occupants before the individuals were taken to the EPD for questioning, according to court documents.

In addition to interviewing Roache, Ulrich, Zukoski, and Larangera, EPD investigators used the TDDTF website to look up purchases of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in methamphetamine, made by the four individuals, according to court documents.

Roache, Ulrich, Zukoski, and Larangera appeared in Carter County General Sessions Court on Tuesday morning for arraignment. Judge Keith Bowers Jr. appointed attorneys to represent each of the defendants and scheduled them to return to court on July 31.