BY RUSSELL EDEMredem@gbtribune.comAn inmate’s alleged attempt to orchestrate drug deals from within the Barton County Jail helped law enforcement officers confiscate 1.5 pounds of suspected methamphetamine on Tuesday, Sheriff Brian Bellendir said. The Great Bend Sheriff’s office, Great Bend Police, Ellinwood Police and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation executed search warrants at three locations.For the last two weeks, the sheriff’s office had received information that an inmate, Reynaldo Verduzco, was orchestrating drug deals from the inmate pay phone system. Detective David Paden continued to monitor the calls and develop information.