Reposted from Master Patrol Officer James Schriever
The Kansas City Police Department’s Metro Meth Section has recently encountered a new trend in meth manufacturing. A one-pot meth lab, using a mixture of household chemicals that can be purchased at any local hardware store, has replaced the meth lab of the past.
The meth “cooks” itself in a chemical reaction which takes place in a common plastic soda bottle.
The dangers include inhalation of dangerous chemical vapors, chemical burn from the liquid inside the bottles, and a rupture of the plastic bottle, resulting in a chemical fire.
Numerous meth labs have been recovered by the Metro Meth Section from inside backpacks as well as from around vacant houses and buildings. A lot of this activity involves the homeless and transient community.
Listed below are some of the items that indicate one-pot meth lab activity:
- 20-oz or 2-liter pop bottles with a brownish or greenish sludge
- 20-oz or 2-liter pop bottles with a tube running out of the cap
- Lithium batteries (new or cut open)
- Charcoal lighter fluid or Acetone
- Jobe fertilizer sticks (Miracle Grow fertilizer sticks)
- Instant cold packs
- Pseudo pills, new or open blister packs
- Red Devil Lye drain opener
- Liquid Fire drain opener
- Muriatic Acid
- Table salt
- Aluminum foil
- Coffee filters
Do not move these items if you see them. Notify the police at their non-emergency number, 816-234-5111.
Contact for Master Patrol Officer James SchrieverCIO, Central Patrol Division, Office: 816-759-6313, Cell: 816-719-8350
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