Cooking Meth Inside Walmart
Jun 8, 2012 9:26:54 GMT -5
Post by baydoll on Jun 8, 2012 9:26:54 GMT -5
Friday, June 08, 2012 10:18
Johnny Andrews
Firefighters from Mehlville Fire Protection District itemize materials found inside a parked car outside of a Walmart store on Telegraph Road in St. Louis County on Thursday, June 7, 2012. Earlier, a woman detained for shoplifting was found to have a bottle of meth brewing in her purse, authorities said. Meth-making material was found in the car. Photo by Johnny Andrews, jandrews@post-dispatch.com
SOUTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY • A customer cooking a so-called "one pot" batch of methamphetamine inside a pop bottle in her purse caused the Thursday night evacuation of the South County Walmart store.
The woman was caught shoplifting an item unrelated to meth-making when store security and then police discovered the 20-ounce bottle, St. Louis County police Lt. Mark Cox said. The store full of customers at Telegraph Road and Interstate 255 was evacuated about 6:15 p.m. because of the possible dangers of the chemical concoction.
"It had the potential to be flammable or blow up at any time," Cox said. He described the initial situation inside the store as "volatile," but said the evacuation was mostly precautionary.
No one was injured. Aside from the bottle, no harmful substances or fumes were discovered inside the store.
The trend of cooking small quantities of the drug for personal use is on the rise, police said. But Cox said this was one of the first times locally a "one-pot" batch has been discovered and seized in a busy,
More here: beforeitsnews.com/story/2237/475/Woman_Caught_Cooking_Meth_Inside_A_south_St._Louis_County_Walmart.html
Johnny Andrews
Firefighters from Mehlville Fire Protection District itemize materials found inside a parked car outside of a Walmart store on Telegraph Road in St. Louis County on Thursday, June 7, 2012. Earlier, a woman detained for shoplifting was found to have a bottle of meth brewing in her purse, authorities said. Meth-making material was found in the car. Photo by Johnny Andrews, jandrews@post-dispatch.com
SOUTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY • A customer cooking a so-called "one pot" batch of methamphetamine inside a pop bottle in her purse caused the Thursday night evacuation of the South County Walmart store.
The woman was caught shoplifting an item unrelated to meth-making when store security and then police discovered the 20-ounce bottle, St. Louis County police Lt. Mark Cox said. The store full of customers at Telegraph Road and Interstate 255 was evacuated about 6:15 p.m. because of the possible dangers of the chemical concoction.
"It had the potential to be flammable or blow up at any time," Cox said. He described the initial situation inside the store as "volatile," but said the evacuation was mostly precautionary.
No one was injured. Aside from the bottle, no harmful substances or fumes were discovered inside the store.
The trend of cooking small quantities of the drug for personal use is on the rise, police said. But Cox said this was one of the first times locally a "one-pot" batch has been discovered and seized in a busy,
More here: beforeitsnews.com/story/2237/475/Woman_Caught_Cooking_Meth_Inside_A_south_St._Louis_County_Walmart.html
