Suspected meth lab seized

Kalamazoo, MI; On 1-20-2008 Kalamazoo Public Safety officers responded to a burglary alarm at a business in the 2000 block of Lane Boulevard.  As officers arrived, they saw a vehicle backed into the parking lot of the business.  The car pulled out after the occupants saw the police car.  As the vehicle attempted to drive away, the occupants hurled items from the car—one of the items ignited when it impacted the ground.  The vehicle was quickly stopped and officers discovered that the occupants of the vehicle had been trying to discard an active mobile methamphetamine lab.  Patrol officers and Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement officers rendered the components of the lab safe. 

Two Kalamazoo area residents were arrested on felony drug charges—the investigation did not indicate that the suspects had entered the business, only that their presence  in the parking lot had set the alarm off.

Kalamazoo Public Safety would like to remind everyone that suspected methamphetamine labs and lab components present serious hazards and anyone wishing to report a clandestine lab is encouraged to contact Kalamazoo Public Safety at 337-8994 or Silent Observer at 343-2100, or the Silent Observer website, www.kalamazoosilentobserver.com.