By: Najla Alexander
Authorities in Atlantic County announced that on Thursday the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office’s Gangs, Guns, and Narcotics Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, Egg Harbor Township Police Department, Hamilton Township Police Department, and Northfield Police Department executed a court approved search warrant.
This occurred at 1201 Carlisle Road in Egg Harbor Township, in reference to a narcotics investigation into the distribution of illegal narcotics by Keith Lewis, 41, of Egg Harbor Township, ACPO officials say. 
During the search of the residence, Atlantic County authorities said, a shed was located in the rear of the property, which appeared to be converted into a sophisticated clandestine narcotics laboratory that contained numerous hazardous chemical materials and equipment commonly used for the production of a synthetic cannabinoid substance, commonly known as K2.
According to ACPO officials, this prompted a response by the New Jersey State Police Hazardous Materials Response Unit (HMRU) and a DEA environmental disposal contractor.
As a result of the search, the following items were located:
• A Del-Ton Assault Rifle equipped with an optic.
• Several 30-round loaded ammunition magazines.
• Over a thousand rounds of .223 ammunition.
• A 9mm black “ghost” semi-automatic handgun with a 30-round magazine, laser optics, and hollow point ammunition.
• Over three (3) pounds of vegetation containing a synthetic cannabinoid.
• Multiple buckets of suspected synthetic cannabinoid substances in various stages of production.
• Various large containers of lab-grade chemicals and precursor reagents, including Potassium Carbonate Anhydrous, Acetone, and N-Dimethylformamide reagent.
• Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), to include latex gloves, respirator masks, and Tyvek suits.
• Multiple mixers, digital heating and stirring material, and sprayers.
• A C5H10 lab-grade refrigerator.
• Numerous butane gas canisters.
• A ventilation hood and fans. All precursor chemicals, solvents, and manufacturing equipment deemed grossly contaminated with hazardous materials were properly disposed of by HMRU and a DEA-authorized disposal contractor.
As a result, Lewis and Lyqueena Deshazo, 39, both residents of 1201 Carlisle Road, were arrested and charged with multiple weapons and CDS offenses, to include first-degree Maintaining or Operating a CDS Production Facility, second-degree Possession of Synthetic Cannabinoid with the Intent to Distribute, second-degree Possession of an Assault Firearm, second-degree Possession of Firearms While Committing Narcotics Related Offenses, as well as multiple counts of second-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child due to three juveniles living in the home, Atlantic County officials say.
ACPO authorities stated that Lewis was also charged with second-degree Certain Persons Not to Possess Firearms.
He also had a traffic warrant for failure to appear from Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County officials said.
According to Atlantic County officials, Lewis and Deshazo were both lodged at the Atlantic County Justice Facility pending their detention hearings.
This investigation is ongoing.