-- Police believe they found a methamphetamine lab late Monday when they went to a south Minneapolis apartment to serve a narcotics warrant.
An informant told police that a 27-year-old man was making drugs in the apartment building at 711 W. Lake St. in the Lynlake neighborhood.
Police found two rooms full of chemicals used for manufacturing methamphetamines. There are so many chemicals involved that a chemist from Chicago is being flown in to consult on the case, WCCO-TV reported.
Authorities say that it is one of the biggest meth labs ever busted in the state of Minnesota, if not the country.
Police also went to the suspect's house to search for drugs and chemicals, but found nothing.
Residents of adjacent apartments were awakened at 4 a.m. Wednesday and evacuated; they were taken to shelters for the night.
Police cordoned off a half-block area, but no streets have been closed. Businesses in the area will be closed all day.
-- Police raided a suspected methamphetamine lab Wednesday where they found large amounts of chemicals that they were trying to identify.
Authorities found the suspected lab when they tried to serve a drug warrant in south Minneapolis early in the day.
According to WCCO-TV, someone tipped off authorities to the location of the lab.
The building was located between Lyndale and Aldrich avenues.
Chemists from the Drug Enforcement Agency in Chicago came to the lab to help identify the materials found, said Minneapolis Police Sgt. Troy Schmitz.
"It's going to be one of the bigger ones in the state," Schmitz said, referring to the amount of materials. He said some of the chemicals are not just used for methamphetamine.
Two men were arrested. One faces drug possession charges but might not be involved in the lab, Schmitz said. The other was arrested at the alleged lab.
The lab was located in a building that housed other businesses, including a dance studio, Schmitz said. Police closed about five to 10 businesses along Lake Street for the entire day.
WCCO-TV reported that police closed the businesses because they feared the chemicals could cause an explosion. Police said there are enough chemicals in the building to level the whole block if ignited.
The businesses were expected to be open again Thursday.
-- Charges were filed Friday in this week's methamphetamine lab bust in Minneapolis, one of the largest in Minnesota history.
The U.S. attorney's office charged John Michael Pierson with one count of manufacturing and possessing methamphetamine.
Police seized $50,000 in cash and two pounds of "crystal meth" -- the most potent form of methamphetamine -- liquids and $50,000 in cash.
Officers said the two pounds of meth would have a street value of $90,000 if it were sold in gram quantities.
Police discovered the lab Tuesday when they burst into a commercial building to arrest a drug suspect. Area residents and business owners were temporarily forced out of the building as authorities decided how to safely remove the volatile chemicals.
The charge carries a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years, with no possibility of parole.
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