LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Members of a drug task force who raided a suspected methamphetamine lab at an isolated home in northern Garland County were first greeted by attack dogs and then had to contend with a suspect armed with a pistol.

The dogs scattered when officers started shooting at them, and an officer was close enough to grab Earl Loy, 49, so that no one had to shoot him, said Sgt. Chris Chapmond, coordinator for the 18th Judicial District East Drug Task Force.

Chapmond said Tuesday the bust was the task force’s 22nd encounter with a meth lab this year, compared to 4...