SILSBEE, Texas — The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Silsbee man after investigators uncovered what they say was a large drug trafficking operation at an address serving as both a home and a business.

Deputies executed a search warrant on Dec. 5 at 1450 Cooks Road in Silsbee, which serves as The Welding Shop, seizing more than 50 pounds of marijuana, over three ounces of powder cocaine, MDMA, homemade THC gummies, ketamine, mushrooms and prescription drug tablets, according to the sheriff’s office.

Investigators also confiscated several suspected illegal firearms, including one reported stolen from another agency, along with a large amount of cash.

Brian Keith Curtis, 40, of Silsbee, was taken into custody and faces multiple drug-related charges. His charges include four count

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