Even if the meth cook is complete, the lab and its contents are evaluated. Officers look at the chemicals present and determine if they need to be removed. Typically, Basford said, if the chemicals ...

Township police and officials from the Northampton County Drug Task Force on Wednesday took 10 bags of garbage collected at the home of , both 45, records say. The bags contained three soda bottles ...

While busts of methamphetamine labs decreased over the past year in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois, the drug has maintained its hold on users, law enforcement officials say. Police credit ...

The Quad-City area saw a virtual explosion of methamphetamine labs from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s. The makeshift labs, using whatever tubing or glass containers were available, popped up in ...