Thread: NC:State's First 'Super Meth Lab' Busted in Surry County

State's First 'Super Meth Lab' Busted in Surry County
Agents Note Emergence Of 'Shake And Bake' Labs

POSTED: 11:31 am EST January 11, 2010
UPDATED: 11:55 am EST January 11, 2010

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. -- The first "super methamphetamine lab" ever discovered in North Carolina was busted Dec. 16 in Mount Airy, state Attorney General Roy Cooper said Monday.

During that bust, 32.8 pounds of meth was seized and three suspects were arrested.

A super lab is capable of producing more than 10 pounds of meth at a time. The meth in the Mount Airy case had been trucked from Mexico to Surry County, where it was undergoing a final cooking process to become finished meth, Cooper said.

The lab was similar to four super labs recently raided near Atlanta. The case is still under investigation, Cooper said.

In addition to the super lab, Cooper said during 2009 agents noticed the emergence of labs that use a fast, easy process to create meth that leaves little waste or evidence. These labs have been referred to as "shake and bake" labs.

The first such lab was discovered in eastern North Carolina, but more recently similar labs were found in Caldwell, Lincoln and Graham counties.

Meth is a highly addictive illegal drug that can be created in labs located in homes, apartments, cars and outdoors.

"While North Carolina's aggressive approach to containing meth has kept the numbers steady, law enforcement is seeing alarming new trends that mean we have to stay vigilant," Cooper said.

The number of discovered meth labs peaked in 2005, but the number dropped significantly since a 2006 was passed making it more difficult for criminals to get access to pseudoephedrine, the key ingredient in making meth.

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hope barney gets a promotion! aliens doing all this, up here too?

LIKE THE GOVERNMENT SAY'S........THEY JUST WANT TO WORK AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY??? GUESS WHAT......THEY ARE KILLING ''AMERICAN CITIZENS''
AND THE GOVERNMENT WE HAVE ARE HELPINH THEM. DO I HAVE TO SAY MORE.

WAKE UP EVEYBODY?