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Indiana State Police Dismantle 820 Meth Labs in 2007
Methamphetamine (crank or speed as it is often called on the street) is an illegal and highly addictive central nervous system stimulant which can cause heart attacks, strokes, brain damage, and even death. Its users become physically and psychologically dependent on the drug. A person under the influence of meth can become paranoid, delusional, and aggressive. This makes the user and the drug a danger to all communities.
Methamphetamine is usually made from crude clandestine laboratories (meth labs) found frequently in motel rooms, vehicles, woods, farm outbuildings, and homes in rural and urban communities. Methamphetamine is made using products found for sale at hardware stores, home supply stores, drug stores, and general discount stores. During the cooking process, these labs release toxic and explosive vapors into the air. Items left over after the cooking process, commonly called meth trash, is usually dumped along road sides, fields, woods, or in the trash cans of unsuspecting home owners. Meth trash is extremely toxic and volatile. The making of methamphetamine and dumping of its trash continues to be a hazard in all 92 of Indiana’s counties.
During 2007, the Indiana State Police Clandestine Lab Team dismantled 820 meth labs, compared to 766 in 2006. In 2005, there were 992 labs dismantled, and in 2004, there were 1,115 labs dismantled.
The public is instrumental in locating many of the methamphetamine labs. Anyone who would like an educational presentation on what items criminals use to make methamphetamine may contact Trooper Bob Burgess, who is assigned to the Indiana State Police Methamphetamine Suppression Section and works from the Indiana State Police Peru Post. He can be contacted by calling 1-800-382-0689 or 1-765-473-6666.
Citizens are encouraged to report suspected methamphetamine activity by calling the Indiana State Police Methamphetamine Tip Line at 1-800-453-4756. Calls can be made anonymously. We need your information not your name.
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