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A Madisonville woman admitted to buying psuedoephedrine on Wednesday to make methamphetamine, according to Blount County authorities.

Tracy Renea Callison, 37, is being held on bonds totaling $30,000 pending a hearing in Blount County General Sessions Court at 9 a.m. on June 24.

In addition to being charged with promoting the manufacture of methamphetamine, Callison was also charged with the casual exchange of a Schedule VI controlled substance (marijuana) to a juvenile.

Fifth Judicial Drug Task Force investigators learned Wednesday that a "suspicious person" was buying psuedoephedrine from a local retail store, according to the Blount County Sheriff's Office.

Investigators approached Callison at her vehicle in the parking lot. She admitted that she was going to sell the pseudoephedrine to someone in Madisonville where it would be used to make meth.

Investigators also found other precursors for making methamphetamine, as well as drug paraphernalia, in Callison's vehicle. A juvenile who was with Callison admitted that he had a baggie of marijuana on him. Callison said that she gave the teenager the marijuana to hold, resulting in Callison being charged with the casual exchange to a juvenile.

The Fifth Judicial Drug Task Force is composed of officers and deputies of the Blount County Sheriff's Office, the Maryville Police Department and the Alcoa Police Department. Investigators assigned to narcotics investigations are members of the Tennessee Meth Task Force, which allows for specific statewide intelligence sharing used to identify, investigate and prosecute persons using and manufacturing methamphetamine.