Thanks Kyla, that's the only way we'll ever learn any more about it. For some reason many news reports lately appear to have been "sanitized."
Pardon me if this has already been posted. I haven't read forward yet but did want to make sure that you all saw this. I almost skipped over reading this article, in the paper this morning, until I noticed the name of the man. still feeling hinky on this
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051014/news_6m14lab.html
Ecstasy lab found where man took his own life
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October 14, 2005
UNIVERSITY CITY – A drug lab capable of turning out 150,000 Ecstasy pills was found inside a man's apartment after he committed suicide with police outside his door last week, authorities said.
"This was a very sophisticated operation," Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Misha Piastro said yesterday. "It had the capacity to produce an awful lot of Ecstasy."
The man who shot and killed himself Oct. 7 was identified by the Medical Examiner's Office as Khaled Yusufi, 29, a medical student. ...................
Officers entered the apartment and confirmed that Yusufi had shot himself. A hazardous materials team spent hours removing chemicals, including acetone and liquid drain cleaner used to make Ecstasy.
Authorities found 7,000 tablets later identified as Ecstasy, a club drug similar to methamphetamine. The pills would sell for $84,000 on the street, Piastro said.
"With all the chemicals and glassware on the premises, the lab could produce 150,000 more tablets," Piastro said. "Labs this size are very rare (in San Diego County)."
He said the DEA continues to investigate, hoping to learn how long Yusufi may have been producing illegal drugs and how he distributed them.
Yusufi was not under investigation by the DEA before the events Oct. 7, Piastro said.