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Ottawa police drug officers, accompanied by hazardous materials experts, executed a search warrant Monday on a suspected drug lab following a fire Sunday at a townhouse on Sandcastle Drive in the Leslie Park area.
Police officials explained that a “mini-explosion” at a house in the 1-100 block of Sandcastle Drive, off Baseline Road near the Queensway Carleton Hospital, caused a fire early Sunday afternoon. No one was injured, but, firefighters called in arson investigators who, in turn, requested a hazardous material team to check out the site. The house was subsequently quarantined.
On Monday, drug investigators were called in, said Const. Chuck Benoit.
He said investigators are trying to determine whether the house was used as drug to produce methamphetamine.
Meth labs can produce strong fumes when the drug is being manufactured or “cooked.” Depending on the process and chemicals used, the final product can create hazardous chemical reactions that result in chemical fires, explosions and the release of toxic gases.
Meth cooking also produced hazardous waste as a byproduct, contaminating the building and its contents as well as the soil or groundwater when the waste is dumped.
Labs can be set up almost anywhere outdoors or indoors, including houses, apartment buildings, motels, vehicles, wooded areas or fields.
Signs of a meth lab include, among other signals, frequent visitors at all times of day, windows covered, the presence of security devices and the presence of strong chemical odours.
Other indicators are the presence of “waste” items such as empty containers or antifreeze, paint thinner, acetone, compressed gas cylinders and bottles or glass containers connected with rubber hosing and tape. Coolers, thermos bottles, and masks, coffee filters or pillow cases stained red or containing a white powdery residue as also signs of meth lab production.
As of Monday afternoon, no charges had been laid.
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Police officials explained that a “mini-explosion” at a house in the 1-100 block of Sandcastle Drive, off Baseline Road near the Queensway Carleton Hospital, caused a fire early Sunday afternoon. No one was injured, but, firefighters called in arson investigators who, in turn, requested a hazardous material team to check out the site. The house was subsequently quarantined.
On Monday, drug investigators were called in, said Const. Chuck Benoit.
He said investigators are trying to determine whether the house was used as drug to produce methamphetamine.
Meth labs can produce strong fumes when the drug is being manufactured or “cooked.” Depending on the process and chemicals used, the final product can create hazardous chemical reactions that result in chemical fires, explosions and the release of toxic gases.
Meth cooking also produced hazardous waste as a byproduct, contaminating the building and its contents as well as the soil or groundwater when the waste is dumped.
Labs can be set up almost anywhere outdoors or indoors, including houses, apartment buildings, motels, vehicles, wooded areas or fields.
Signs of a meth lab include, among other signals, frequent visitors at all times of day, windows covered, the presence of security devices and the presence of strong chemical odours.
Other indicators are the presence of “waste” items such as empty containers or antifreeze, paint thinner, acetone, compressed gas cylinders and bottles or glass containers connected with rubber hosing and tape. Coolers, thermos bottles, and masks, coffee filters or pillow cases stained red or containing a white powdery residue as also signs of meth lab production.
As of Monday afternoon, no charges had been laid.
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