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Tag: Meth Labs
Patrol
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.
May 18, 2022
Patrol
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.
March 19, 2018
Careers
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.
July 18, 2013
Patrol
How To Investigate a Meth Lab
POLICE
Patrol officers rarely have the training or equipment to approach these hazardous crime scenes, and they’re the ones facing the greatest risks.
January 24, 2013
Patrol
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.
November 19, 2012
Special Units
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."
October 10, 2012
Special Units
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.
August 22, 2012
Patrol
'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.
January 23, 2012
Special Units
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.
August 10, 2011
Gangs
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.
March 7, 2011
Patrol
DEA Cuts Off Meth-Lab Cleanup Funds
The DEA informed states this week it would no longer foot the bill for meth-lab cleanup. View this report from Kosciusko County, Ind., where the Indiana State Police have been relying on the funds to cover the $2,500-per-lab cleanup bill. Source: WANE.com.
February 24, 2011
Special Units
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.
December 1, 2010
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