Police Find Nazi Meth
By Marcus Blair
TIMES RECORD • [email protected]
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2003_
POTEAU — Two Vian residents were arrested Monday after police said they used the Nazi method to cook methamphetamine at their home.
Louie Anthony Dalton and Talina Marie Richmond were booked into jail on suspicion of several offenses including endeavoring to manufacture meth, trafficking meth and possession of meth-making materials.
The Sallisaw Police Department and the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office were investigating the manufacture and distribution of meth when they received information that led to a search warrant for the Vian residence, said Gary Philpot, Sallisaw police chief.
Inside the house, officers found more than 50 grams of meth and a large amount of chemicals commonly used in the Nazi method of meth manufacture, Philpot said.
According to information from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, meth’s ability to boost energy and enable users to function without sleep made it useful for military purposes in World War II.
The German army is believed to have frequently distributed a form of meth to troops to make them immune to battle fatigue, according to OBN. The label Nazi meth is likely to have originated from that practice.
The Nazi method requires lithium, which is usually removed from batteries, and anhydrous ammonia, a gas sometimes stolen from chicken farms by meth users, according to OBN. The recent growth in popularity of the Nazi method has resulted in numerous reports of anhydrous ammonia theft on farms across Oklahoma.
The Nazi method is also known as the cold-cook method because it does not require a source of heat like other meth-cooking operations. It is a method that can be difficult to detect because meth makers sometimes place the ingredients in a large cup or other container and leave it in a remote area for several days without having to observe it, officials said.
Dalton remained incarcerated Wednesday with bail set at $101,000. Richmond is being held with bail set at $61,500.
http://www.swtimes.com/archive/2003/October/09/news/NaziMeth.html
By Marcus Blair
TIMES RECORD • [email protected]
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2003_
POTEAU — Two Vian residents were arrested Monday after police said they used the Nazi method to cook methamphetamine at their home.
Louie Anthony Dalton and Talina Marie Richmond were booked into jail on suspicion of several offenses including endeavoring to manufacture meth, trafficking meth and possession of meth-making materials.
The Sallisaw Police Department and the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office were investigating the manufacture and distribution of meth when they received information that led to a search warrant for the Vian residence, said Gary Philpot, Sallisaw police chief.
Inside the house, officers found more than 50 grams of meth and a large amount of chemicals commonly used in the Nazi method of meth manufacture, Philpot said.
According to information from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, meth’s ability to boost energy and enable users to function without sleep made it useful for military purposes in World War II.
The German army is believed to have frequently distributed a form of meth to troops to make them immune to battle fatigue, according to OBN. The label Nazi meth is likely to have originated from that practice.
The Nazi method requires lithium, which is usually removed from batteries, and anhydrous ammonia, a gas sometimes stolen from chicken farms by meth users, according to OBN. The recent growth in popularity of the Nazi method has resulted in numerous reports of anhydrous ammonia theft on farms across Oklahoma.
The Nazi method is also known as the cold-cook method because it does not require a source of heat like other meth-cooking operations. It is a method that can be difficult to detect because meth makers sometimes place the ingredients in a large cup or other container and leave it in a remote area for several days without having to observe it, officials said.
Dalton remained incarcerated Wednesday with bail set at $101,000. Richmond is being held with bail set at $61,500.
http://www.swtimes.com/archive/2003/October/09/news/NaziMeth.html