Albany police find portable meth lab on West Oglethorpe
by
FOX 31 News Team
Posted: 12.10.2012 at 9:37 AM
ALBANY, GA -- An Albany police officer patrolling West Oglethorpe Sunday night ended up getting a smoky surprise.
The officer was patrolling the 1000 block of West Oglethorpe Boulevard around 10 PM when a spotted a suspicious white male walking in the area.
The suspect is described as being 40 to 50 years old, around 5'10", weighing 190 pounds and last seen wearing a white polo striped shirt and blue jeans.
Police say that when the officer approached him, he ran and dropped a backpack which started to smoke after being dropped.
Extra officers and the
Albany-Dougherty Drug Unit
were called to the scene and it was determined that it was a
portable meth lab
.
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