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DTF: More local people buying cold medicine |
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Monday, July 21 2008 |
By CHRIS MEYERS
Staff writer
Arresting people from other counties for buying cold medicine to try to make methamphetamine is nothing new for local police, but as of late they have started to find local people trying to get their hands on too much pseudoephedrine to make meth.
Officers with the Whitley County Drug Task Force told Whitley County Drug-Free Indiana this month that about 30 people could face charges of buying more than the allowable amount of pseudoephedrine within a week, with some of those being local residents.
Typically, officers have found that most, if not all, of the people charged with buying too much over-the-counter medicine with pseudoephedrine in it were from surrounding counties.
DTF officers have also recently found three meth labs, two of which were a new mobile method that involves mixing the components of meth in a two-liter pop bottle.
“That’s the method we continue to see,” a DTF officer said.
Despite not involving a full lab in a home, the pop bottle method can also prove to be very dangerous, with gas buildup in the bottle creating a chance for a highly flammable explosion.
Officers said they were also continuing to investigate the illegal sale of prescription drugs.
“Pills are still going to be a problem because they’re so easy to obtain,” a DTF officer said.
Officers have said in the past that prescription drugs can be just as deadly as any other illegal drug because one wrong dose could easily cause death. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, July 22 2008 )
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