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Raid reveals kitchen drug lab
Monday, September 21, 2009
© The Cairns Post
POLICE busted a working amphetamine lab in a kitchen during a drug raid in a Far Northern home at the weekend.
Officers stormed into the Cardwell residence with a search warrant after an anonymous tip at 1.20am on Saturday.
Three children under the age of five were found at the home during the raid.
When police arrived at the Roma St address, a 21-year-old man allegedly ran out of the house with an exposed syringe in his hand.
Officers chased him down and arrested him after a struggle.
An active amphetamine laboratory was found in the kitchen and three men, a woman and three children were home at the time of the raid.
Officers found glassware and heating appliances that made up components in making the drug.
A crime scene was set up and police said the people were taken away from the house for safety reasons.
The Queensland Police Service’s illicit laboratory investigation squad was called to the house and spent several hours examining the scene on Saturday.
Two Cardwell men, aged 18 and 21, will face the Innisfail Magistrates Court today charged with a number of drug offences.
The 21-year-old was charged with 12 drug related offences including trafficking, supplying and producing a dangerous drug.
He was also charged with obstructing police.
The 18-year-old man was charged with five drug offences including producing and possessing a dangerous drug.
A third man, a 35-year-old from Ingham, was bailed to appear in the Tully Magistrates Court on October 8.
He will face charges of producing a dangerous drug, possession of a dangerous drug and failing to take care of a syringe. The woman found at the house during the raid is yet to be interviewed.
Police said they were putting processes in place to ensure the children were being taken care of.
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