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Crystal Meth (licensed under Ceative Commons 2.0 Generic by Radspunk)Police stop cyclist - and find portable crystal meth lab in backpack
Police in West Virginia responding to a tip-off intercepted a man on a bike this week – and discovered he was carrying a portable meth lab that was operating at the time.
Dennis Eugene Baker Jr, aged 31 and from War, McDowell County, has been charged with operating a meth lab and unlawful possession of a controlled substance, reports the Register-Herald.
“We had an anonymous call saying a gentleman was on a bicycle with a backpack carrying a portable meth lab,” explained Chief Deputy Roger Deel from the McDowell County Sheriff’s Department.
“We ended up locating him in Shaft Hollow in the Caretta area. He was on a bicycle and had a backpack and all of the components, and actually had a live meth lab cooking in the backpack.”
That created danger for the officers called to disable the portable meth lab, since there is a high risk of explosion associated with them.
“We disabled it,” said Chief Deputy Deel. “We’ve got five people that are trained in that now. I’m one of them. We went in and disabled the lab and, of course, placed him under arrest for operating a meth lab.”
After his arrest on Wednesday, Baker told police that the meth was for his own use. Officers also found pills on him, which gave rise to the charge of unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
The sheriff’s office added that it is the first time they have come across a meth lab being operated on a bicycle.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Doesn't he know that's not very Aerodynamic?
EPO is soooo last year
Mr Roger feel, he was obviously not a gentleman... maybe an fwit at a push.
Was he wearing hi-viz? Or a goat?
I bet he wasn't wearing a helmet either...
*shakes head in disgust.*
What has this got to do with cycling ?
Exactly. The man is an idiot and a criminal. End of story. His mode of transport/distribution are irrelevant. So he was on a bike, so what!
Geez. Touchy. I presume you'd prefer to press not to mention a bicycle in any negative reporting? 'Police stop ******** - with portable meth lab in backpack'.
The fact that the meth lab was found in a cyclist's backpack is an integral part of the story.
Which Pro rider was it?
Joking aside, If they had been driving a car instead of riding a bike would this have been reflected in the headline? No, of course not. More firkin anti-cycling propaganda.
If it's not cyclists on drugs, it's drugs on cyclists...
Bloody cyclists, jumping our red lights, not paying taxes and cooking up meth. Hanging's too good for them.
Braking Bad?