ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, March 12, 1994                   TAG: 9403120149
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Adrienne Petty STAFF WRITER
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VA. AGENTS RAID STILL, ARREST MAN

A Franklin County man was arrested Wednesday night when agents from the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Department raided a 12-pot distillery in the Sydnorsville section.

Michael Wayne Philpott was in the building where the 800-gallon pots were housed when the raid took place, Special Agent Butch Wright said. The still was set up in a 35-by-80-foot shed off Virginia 756. Some pots were being heated when agents arrived.

About 200 gallons of illegal liquor were confiscated and destroyed, Wright said.



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