Some Meth manufacturers will create an elaborate set up
that rivals a high school science lab - but it is far more dangerous. |
Sophisticated
equipment may be used to cook up Meth |
A Meth cook used
children's glasses for processing his product |
Home Sweet Meth Lab:
A complete Meth production center - from cooking to preparing for
distribution - set up in a bedroom. |
Meth cooks will
stash their ingredients anywhere, like this closet. Since the
materials are legal, they blend in with household goods. |
This collection of
Meth lab equipment seized in Harrisburg, SD, proves that Meth cooks
will set up shop anywhere. In fact, the more rural, the more they
think they'll avoid detection. |
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Cooking in the
Great outdoors:
Many Meth
manufacturers will cook outdoors, thinking the strong chemical odors
will not be as noticed. |
If you come across
this type of debris outdoors, you may have stumbled across a deserted
Meth lab. Do not touch anything, mark the area and call authorities.
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The equipment and
materials for a quick cook can be packed inside most anything -
including a cooler. |
Mobil Meth labs,
like this one in a car trunk, prove that a Meth cook just needs a bit
of space and some time to manufacture a batch. |
A Meth cook found dead in a Southern
California motel room, overcome by phosphrine gas - created when red
phosphorus is overheated. |
The Meth
manufacturer was killed when this trailer blew up during a cook.
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These guns were
seized in a Meth lab bust in Sioux Falls. Weapons and booby traps are
some of the dangers associated with Meth labs. |
In addition to
weapons, booby traps, and the potential of explosions or fires, the
chemicals involved in Meth production are so dangerous, HazMat crews
suit up to decontaminate labs. |
One sign of a Meth lab may be a propane tank
where the brass fittings have turned blue - from being filled with anhydrous ammonia. |
