Recently, many stories have been popping up around the country of Motel Meth labs being busted in hotel and motel rooms. At first glimpse, it seems like everyday occurrences that would be common to local police departments of any urban municipality. However, in fact, these lab busts are not common place occurrences.
The reality of the situation is that Motel Meth labs are extremely dangerous, as the hazardous chemicals involved in the drug’s production are extremely volatile and explosive. Further, this new trend is disturbing because it means that the innocent individuals in neighboring motel rooms could be potentially in harms way without even a clue. Below are two of the latest reports of such labs to come out in just the last week.
In Lafayette, LA, a motel was evacuated after hazmat was called out to investigate a suspected Motel Meth lab in one of the rooms. Local police were tipped of by a fellow occupant that complained, “about a strong smell coming from room at the Travel Host Inn on the Northeast Evangeline Thruway,” according to KATC.com. It took several hours to confirm and clean out the Motel Meth lab. No one was in the room at the time, so no arrests were made.
A local Fox News station broke another Motel Meth lab story in Berrien County Michigan. In this incident, police found a full Motel Meth lab at the Rodeway Inn that was in the dangerous process of “cooking” the drugs. Three adults were arrested, and police placed a 15 year-old that was also at the scene in the custody of Children’s Protective Services.