MAPP-SD, a project of Prairie View Prevention Services, Inc., is a comprehensive Methamphetamine awareness and prevention project. 
MAPP-SD is dedicated to:
u   Increase awareness of Meth and the problems associated with its use, manufacture and distribution;
u Provide, at no cost, professional Meth awareness and prevention education to groups and organizations on a community, regional and statewide level;
u Be a no-cost, ongoing resource for South Dakota citizens to deal with issues rising from the manufacture, use and distribution of Meth.

August 23, 2007

In West Virginia - Police arrested a man and woman at a remote, wooded campsite on Meth manufacturing charges.  Deputies investigating information from a tip found the two suspects in tents with the materials to cook Meth.  Officers believe the couple had been living in the tents for "some time." 

In California - Two undocumented immigrants were arrested after authorities raided their home and found pounds of Meth and heroin.  Officers seized about 2.3 pounds of heroin, .65 pounds of Meth, three firearms, and over $15,000 in cash. The 62-year-old man and 19-year-old woman were arrested on charges of possession of heroin and Meth for sale and are being held as undocumented immigrants. A child in the home was placed in protective custody.

In Oregon - Police evacuated residents of an apartment building after finding a suspected Meth lab. One tenant was questioned about the potential lab but was not arrested at the time. 

In Texas - A traffic stop led to the arrest of a former police officer for possession of Meth.  The 44-year-old man was first stopped after reports of erratic driving.  A canine unit alerted officers to the presence of drugs.  Officers searched the car and found more than four-grams of Meth in the center console, and other bags with trace mounts of Meth.  

In West Virginia - A 24-year-old woman was arrested for her suspected connection with a Meth lab.  She had been serving a home confinement sentence for a probation violation when officers went to her home to follow up on a tip.  They reportedly discovered a Meth lab in the home.  The suspect is charged with operating a clandestine lab, exposure of children to Meth manufacturing and exposure of first responders to Meth manufacturing.  The woman’s five-year-old daughter had been in the home earlier that day. 

In Oregon - Police arrested a 49-year-old woman accused of selling Meth.  When police searched her home, they allegedly found more than 4-grams of Meth and packaging material.  A 64-year-old man was also arrested in the home on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

In Kansas – Police arrested two men after a short chase and the discovery of a mobile Meth lab.  Officers received assistance from a citizen who called in about a suspicious vehicle, and then followed the car until police arrived to take over the pursuit.  When the car was finally stopped by a tire deflation device, officers found the two men, 28- and 27-years-old, in possession of anhydrous ammonia in an unapproved container, believed to be stolen.  Investigators searched two separate locations related to the chase and found more components for making Meth as well as freshly manufactured Meth.  They seized about 12-grams of Meth.

In Colorado - Six people were arrested in a raid on a home known in the neighborhood as a drug den.  The suspects, men and women ranging in age from 31 to 54 years old face a range of charges including possession, distribution, manufacturing and sale of controlled substances.  Among the evidence police seized in the raid was some Meth hidden in a bicycle tire in the garage.  Officers were able to build a case against the residents of the home by stopping a number of cars seen leaving the property on traffic violations and discovering the occupants were in possession of Meth.

In Oregon - Police were called to a suspected drug house 44 times in response to citizens’ complaints and requests within the last year.  Now, fire destroyed the house in a blaze suspected to have been arson.  Police had been to the home just six hours earlier to serve several restraining orders to multiple people.  The home and contents were ruled a total loss, but no one was inside the structure when firefighters arrived. Investigators don't know what exactly sparked the fire, but a neighbor said she heard multiple explosions before the blaze started. Deputies said the home was reported to contain a Meth operation.

In Florida – Firefighters cut an eight-foot by eight-foot hole in the roof of a home to assess the materials located inside the attic after police determined a Meth lab was probably located there.  A special operations team used a camera lowered through the hole to view the suspected lab, in an effort to cut down on exposure to the chemicals. Two people were arrested in the morning raid – one was arrested earlier this year for running a Meth lab in a different location. 

In California - Narcotics agents targeting gang members seized a pound of Meth and $10,000 in cash while arresting four men in two different homes.  Officers executing the search warrants arrested the men on suspicion of selling Meth. 

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