[9600 gallon] Anhydrous Tank [in front of house] Tips Officers To Possible Meth Lab

The Omaha Channel ^ | May 5, 2004

[John Jorsett]

OMAHA, Neb. -- A large anhydrous ammonia tank helped Sarpy County Sheriff's deputies bust a suspected methamphetamine lab Tuesday night.

Anhydrous is the key ingredient in meth, and officers spotted a 9,600-gallon tank in front of a house at 151st and Chandler streets. The owners had run a hose from the tank inside the house, according to deputies.

Several arrests were made. No further information was immediately available.

[John Jorsett]

Looks like they omitted the 8-foot neon sign for stealth's sake.

[ken5050]

The story DOESN'T report that the tank had 23 tickets illegal parking on the wheelwell..

[2banana]

Where the hell did they rent/buy that thing and what idiot rented it to them?

[Poohbah]

Was the meth cooker's name "Ima Doofus?"

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Dopey criminals! LOL!

[pghkevin]

what tank in front of my house?

[reagan_fanatic]

[9600 gallon] Anhydrous Tank [in front of house] Tips Officers To Possible Meth Lab

Ya think???

[Quilla]

You stole my post - verbatim. LOL

[martin_fierro]

lol

Rule #1 in the drug trade: "Don't Try Your Own Supply".

[shadowman99]

This would actually be in La Vista or Papillion, which neighbor Omaha to the South, or in an unincorporated area of Sarpy county. 150 and Chandler is quite rural and a tank like this would not draw attention.

[djf]

Anhydrous is not your nice, friendly, Mr. Clean type ammonia.

About a quarter of a lungful and it's game over, six feet under, hope you like daisies time.

[Ben Bolt]

Now here is a sharp bunch huh ?

[GaltMeister]

Whats the big deal? Dosen't every neighborhood have big tanks full of hazardous chemicals sitting around? /sarcasm

I'd say this crook is definately in the running for the Dumbass 'O the Day award.

[shadowman99]

I probably should point out that this was probably on a farm where the presence of farming equipment and livestock would make the presence of large tanks easily explained.

[RightWhale]

They had an anhydrous ammonia release at the skating rink that seriously injured, blinded one man. As a result of that they descended on my blueline machine like a flock of vultures. From that time on any whiff of ammonia, even just two molecules, was reported to the highest authorities and eventually we had to discontinue blueline operations altogether. Changing tanks was a challenge when the fumes escaped into the room, got to admit.

[Willie Green]

Where the hell did they rent/buy that thing and what idiot rented it to them?

Farmers use anhydrous ammonia as fertilizer,
and such tanks are quite common in rural areas.

[OXENinFLA]

Your JD ping list is needed.

[Quilla]

I've never heard of anhydrous, sounds potent.

Arrests following a long and complex sting operation netted our local police a couple of dozen of the bad guys recently. Apparently, plain clothed police went into convenience stores, carried two bottles of nasal spray to the checkout counter, and mumbled under their breath they were going to make meth. If the guy making $5.15 an hour sold it to them, they were busted.

[SanDiegoBushMan]

This Patriot Act crap is going way to far!! We can't even have a 10k gallon chemical container sitting on the front lawn without the law pokin' their nose in our business!!
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