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Methamphetamine Awareness and Prevention Project of South Dakota

METH Awareness And Prevention Project of South Dakota

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Sept. 22, 2007

In South Dakota – More information is being released about the latest Meth lab bust in Minnehaha County. A pharmacist turned in the couple’s names after noting their purchases of large amounts of pseudoephedrine in a short time frame. When officers searched the property, they found a huge amount of anhydrous ammonia, including a 1,000-gallon nurse tank, plus one 50-gallon and six 20-gallon propane tanks with altered fittings to allow filling with more anhydrous ammonia. Deputies also found a number of loaded guns in the home. State social services has been contacted concerning the couple’s two teenaged children who lived in the home where Meth was allegedly cooked. The couple reportedly admitted their Meth activity to police.
Information from KELO-TV

In Minnesota - A 25-year-old man is wanted for allegedly selling Meth to a police informant. The suspect faces a felony count of second-degree drug crime. He reportedly sold nearly four-grams of Meth to the informant in the suspect’s basement.

In New York – Police put together information and evidence from around the world to bust a Meth lab in an apartment. Officers were first tipped off to the case by a sheriff’s office in Arizona, who reported the suspect may have been buying precursor chemicals from England. The investigation ultimately involved officers from London’s Scotland Yard, a city police department in England, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, the Scotland police, the Phoenix police department, the U.S. Postal Inspection service and New York officers. When police raided the Meth lab, the suspect was already in jail on charges of stealing two handguns. He now faces additional charges including two felony counts of Meth manufacturing, possession of Meth manufacturing materials, reckless endangerment and criminal nuisance.

In Indiana - Authorities opened up a mini-storage unit and found Meth making materials and manufactured Meth. The discovery followed an earlier traffic stop where the driver was arrested on drug charges. He reportedly told officers about the Meth stash at the mini-storage. Police say a 39-year-old man is a suspect in the case.

In West Virginia – Two off-duty police officers and two firefighters were treated for exposure to Meth manufacturing chemicals after an apartment fire revealed a Meth lab. Investigators believe the Meth lab sparked the fire. Because of possible contamination from the Meth materials, residents of at least a dozen apartments that got water damage while the fire was being put out will have to stay elsewhere until a testing agency clears their units for living in. Police have not yet located the woman who leased the apartment.

In Indiana – After months of investigation, officers moved in on a suspected Meth lab. Three men at the scene attempted to hide from authorities; two were picked up in the house and were using night vision goggles, the third was found hiding in a pop-up camper even though it was in the folded, travel position. A search of the property turned up the lab on an outside garage porch behind the house. Officers found Meth in various stages of manufacturing, supplies to make more and some completed Meth. Of the three arrests, one man is charged with possession of precursors with intent to manufacture and with maintaining a common nuisance. It is his third arrest for manufacturing Meth on his property. The other two men face charges of Meth manufacturing and visiting a common nuisance.