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Newsby Staff WriterMay 18, 2022

UT Officer's Cancer Death Ruled Line of Duty Because of Meth Exposure

Officer Trenton Halladay served in law enforcement for a decade at the Provo Police Department. For most of his career, Halladay worked on a task force responsible for busting countless meth labs that plagued Utah County in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 19, 2018

Man Arrested After "One-Pot" Meth Lab Found in Indiana White Castle

Police say they were called to the restaurant to check out a suspicious person and found a man with a "suspected one pot" meth lab, the department said in a statement. One man was taken into custody.

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Inside the Badge by Jack ChavdarianJuly 19, 2013

Indiana State Police's Meth Suppression Section

The Indiana State Police's Methamphetamine Suppression Section (MSS) seizes hundreds of meth labs a month. The troopers assigned to the unit encounter plenty of hazardous chemicals, dangerous "shake and bake" meth labs, and children living in meth-cooking environments.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 20, 2012

DEA: Meth Lab Incidents Rose 39% In Four Years

Meth remains a growth industry with heavy demand across the country that has required increasing law enforcement resources to handle. The increasing popularity of meth's cheap, euphoric high appears to be replacing more pricey street drugs such as cocaine and heroin.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 11, 2012

Cartel Superlabs Flood U.S. with Cheap Meth

Mexican drug cartels are quietly filling the void in the nation's drug market created by the long effort to crack down on American-made methamphetamine, flooding U.S. cities with exceptionally cheap, extraordinarily potent meth from factory-like "superlabs."

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 23, 2012

U.S. Gives $12M To Mexico To Combat Meth

Mexico's federal police will receive $12 million from the U.S. government to enhance enforcement of methamphetamine production by drug cartels, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 24, 2012

'Shake-and-Bake' Meth Fills Hospitals with Burn Patients

A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hospitals with thousands of uninsured burn patients requiring millions of dollars in advanced treatment.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 11, 2011

Federal Funding Cut Cripples Meth Enforcement

Police and sheriff's agencies have curtailed their enforcement of methamphetamine because they can no longer afford the clean-up costs associated with the labs, concludes an investigative report by the Associated Press.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarMarch 8, 2011

Hells Angels: Taking Away Their Toys

When you plan a raid of Hell Angels outlaw motorcycle gang locations for felons, drugs, and guns, don't assume you'll encounter good old boys who ride bikes as a hobby and don't mean to hurt anyone.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2010

Meth Superlab In Georgia

Take a closer look at the raid led by the Gwinnett County (Ga.) PD's Special Investigation Section of a meth house in suburban Atlanta that resulted in the seizure of almost a half-ton of methamphetamine with a street value of $44 million. Police arrested a Texas man in connection with the bust. Photos courtesy of Gwinnett County PD.

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