Friday, March 1, 2013 —
The remnants of a methamphetamine lab discovered Sunday is serving as a reminder of the increasing problem with meth labs and the hazards they carry.
Officers from both the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation responded to a wooded area near Clifton Road near Stanfield when two men who were walking at the site reported their discovery.
The materials that were found included Coleman fuel, household lye, coffee filters, plastic tubing, organic solvents and a bottle containing an old “one pot” manufacture process.
Deputies from the sheriff’s office and the SBI cleaned the debris and removed all items from the property.
No arrests have been made and Stanly County Sheriff Rick Burris said chances are slim the perpetrators will ever be indentified.
“It was most likely something thrown out from a mobile meth lab,” Burris said.
“There are more and more of those and it’s something the public needs to be aware and cautious about.”
The sheriff said it was fortunate the two men who found the remnants of the meth lab knew what they had found.
“The waste from these labs are incredibly dangerous both in an explosive way as well as the fumes from the chemicals,” Burris said.
“When these people running these things get into a situation, they don’t care where they are or who they’re near when they throw this stuff out.”
Statistics from the state attorney general’s office as of January show the number of meth lab busts have doubled in North Carolina over the past two years.
That office also reports that there were 460 meth busts in 2012 as compared to 344 in 2011.
More than 70 percent of those were the one-pot labs where small items such as the ones found near Clifton Road can be used to cook the drug.
Because of the small size of the elements needed, that has increased the frequency of what law enforcement officials call “mobile labs.”
“I don’t think the public is really aware of just how big a problem this is and how much danger it can expose innocent people to,” Burris said.
Burris said he wanted to emphasize that anyone finding what appears to be these type of materials should report them immediately to the nearest law enforcement agency and not make contact with them because of the hazardous potential they carry.
He also asks anyone wishing to report persons manufacturing methamphetamine to contact the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office at (704) 986-3727, Albemarle Police Department at (704) 984-9500; or the Norwood Police Department at (704) 474-3716.
Homepage
Related Photos
-
These remnants from a suspected mobile meth lab were found near Clifton Road Sunday. Contributed photo
Discussion
Waste believed to be mobile meth lab
- Homepage
-
-
Bear spotting in Albemarle
A black bear was spotted at Rock Creek Park in Albemarle Tuesday afternoon.
- Trash schedule remains same; crews awaiting help on large items
- What Do I Keep?
- Rockwell woman killed in car accident
- Storm causes destruction in Albemarle, Stanly County
-
Bear spotting in Albemarle
- Local News
-
-
SCS sets kindergarten camps
Stanly County elementary schools have scheduled summer kindergarten camp for children eligible to start school in the fall.
- Red Cross plans blood drives
- Red Cross announces spring promotion
-
- Sports
-
-
South Stanly claims second straight 1A state title
The third and final game of the 2013 1A baseball State Finals Series mirrored the previous game, with similar visual and physical properties but reversed.
- West Stanly claims 2A state title over South Granville
- Stanly County American Legion Baseball Notebook
-
South Stanly claims second straight 1A state title
- Opinion & Letters to the Editor
-
-
Shining stars in a time of darkness
The acts of kindness shown during the aftermath of Thursday night’s storm is a nice sign for humanity.
- School’s Out!
- Many factors explain current economic situation in China
-
Shining stars in a time of darkness
- Lifestyles
-
-
Teeter-Eudy
Hoyt and Sherri Teeter of Oakboro, N.C. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Christen Leigh Teeter, to Samuel Paul Eudy, son of Rick and Debra Eudy of Ridgecrest, N.C.
- Mr. and Mrs. Derrick Allen Huneycutt
- Randall-Watt
-
- Features
-
-
Almond to tell story of the lynching of Alec Whitley
The Stanly County Museum has invited David D. Almond Jr. to tell the true story of the only man ever to be hanged in Stanly County.
- Is it really possible to not know you're pregnant until the birth?
- VIDEO: You won't believe how much Google interns are paid
-
Almond to tell story of the lynching of Alec Whitley
- Regional
-
-
“Operation I-85 South” results in multiple arrests and seizures
CHARLOTTE – Probation/parole officers from the Department of Public Safety, along with local and federal law enforcement officers, arrested 33 individuals this past week and seized drugs and guns from offenders on probation and parole during “Operation I-85 South,” a warrantless search operation in Mecklenburg, Rowan, Cabarrus and Gaston counties. The operation began Monday, June 3 and ended Friday, June 7.
- Wingate University announces new campus at Ballantyne
- Stallings couple plans trip to Italy with $255,597 Cash 5 jackpot win
-
“Operation I-85 South” results in multiple arrests and seizures
- State & National News
-
A method of facial mapping is demonstrated in Clearwater, Fla., on June 4 by Scott McCallum, systems analyst and co-administrator of the facial recognition program for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office utilizes one of the most advanced facial recognition programs available to law enforcement in the country.
-
State photo-ID databases become troves for police
The faces of more than 120 million people are in searchable photo databases that state officials assembled to prevent driver's-license fraud but that increasingly are used by police to identify suspects, accomplices and even innocent bystanders in a wide range of criminal investigations.
- SRMC hosts event in honor of National Cancer Survivors Day
- Congressional inexperience may be biggest hurdle to tax code rewrite
- Police rescue children while mother smokes pot
- Mass. madam's arrest could prove embarrassing
-
State photo-ID databases become troves for police
