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Girl charged with trying to set up a lab for meth
By DAVID LEVINSKY
Burlington County Times
MOORESTOWN โ A 17-year-old township girl was charged Wednesday with
trying to set up a laboratory in the basement of her home to produce
methamphetamines, police said.
The name of the girl was not released because of her age.
According to investigators, officers discovered lab equipment and raw
materials in the basement of a home on East Second Street after the
girl's mother went to police headquarters and told detectives she had
detected unusual odors and found chemicals there.
Investigators said officers went to the home and discovered what they
believed to be paraphernalia and chemicals used to manufacture the
illegal drug.
Members of the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office Narcotics Unit and
agents from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency also responded and
removed items that included an instruction book on making
methamphetamine.
Methamphetamine โ also known as meth, speed, crank and glass โ is a
highly addictive central nervous system stimulant that can be injected,
inhaled, smoked or taken orally. According to the DEA, it can be
cheaply manufactured using chemicals and some prescription cold
medications.
The manufacturing process also is hazardous and often causes explosions or fires.
Police said the lab was not yet set up and there was no evidence that
any methamphetamine had been manufactured. The chemicals and lab
equipment did not yet pose a fire threat, investigators said.
The 17-year-old was not present for the search, but was located a short
time later, police said. While taking her into custody, officers
discovered she was in possession of marijuana, police said.
The girl was charged with attempting to manufacture narcotics,
possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana possession. She was
released to the custody of her mother pending a juvenile court hearing,
police said.
An investigation into the lab and materials is continuing, police said.
First Assistant Prosecutor Ray Milavsky said the suspected
methamphetamine lab was the first uncovered in Burlington County during
2005.
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