Former pastor and son charged in drug-making operation at closed Baptist church

A Baptist church in Davidson County was the site of a drug bust. WECT reports the two men arrested were the pastor and his son.

On Sunday, deputies with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office responded to South Side Baptist Church at 1014 Floyd Church Road after receiving a tip that a man living in the fellowship hall behind the church was manufacturing marijuana.

According to the sheriff's office on Facebook, the church closed during the COVID-19 pandemic and had not resumed operations.

Deputies searched the property and seized about 12 pounds of marijuana, about 32 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, 41 THC vape pens, 20 marijuana plants and about 2 pounds of tetrahydrocannabinol wax (THC wax).

Josh and Matthew Price, identified as the church's pastor and his son, were arrested and charged with manufacturing marijuana, trafficking in marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver THC wax, three counts of felony maintaining a dwelling, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and conspiracy to traffic marijuana.