Columbus Indiana Area Meth Watch

Pictures

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The finished product.

Officers are destroying tanks that contain anhydrous ammonia (agricultural fertilizer), a precursor used to manufacture methamphetamine.

Anhydrous ammonia escapes from an improvised propane tank.

The bluish-green discoloration of the valve on the tank indicates that it has been in contact with anhydrous ammonia.

Most tanks that have been converted to hold anhydrous ammonia will have altered valve assemblies due to the corrosive nature of the liquid.

Converted tanks often are painted or camouflaged so they can be easily hidden.

This photo is of an active methamphetamine lab. The jar in the white bag containing the brown substance is a reaction vessel. This vessel is the actual "cook."

Rag used to filter liquids during the manufacturing process.

Container of salt. Salt is a precursor used in the manufacturing process.

Remnants of a meth lab.

Lid off of an HCl generator.

Waste product from a meth lab.

Dish soap bottle used as a HCl generator.

Coffee filter used to filter solutions during cooking process.

Liquid Fire drain cleaner is a sulfuric acid source which is mixed with salt to produce HCl.

HCl Generator.

Toluol and acetone, precursors used to manufacture meth.

Hose used to steel anhydrous ammonia.

Coffee filters.

Over the counter cold pills contain psuedoephedrine, the main precursor used to produce methamphetamine.

Lye is a precursor used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

Lithium is harvested from batteries and combined with anhydrous ammonia during the cooking process.

Tank used to transport anhydrous ammonia.

Meth lab seizures.

Tanks.

Misc. items recovered from meth labs.


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