Mobile Alabama police get text tip about meth lab in local motel

August 12, 2008

Police in Mobile, Alabama discovered a meth lab at a Tillsmans Corner motel after receiving a text message from a concerned citizen. Mandy Bonner, 30, and Charles Smith, 23 were arrested at the motel, after police found meth and other ingredients and equipment used to make meth. They also found a gun inside of a tissue box.

In May of this year, the Sheriff’s Office invited citizens to help them find meth labs by sending them a text message.

Source: Burch, Jamie, “Text message leads to meth lab bust”, WKRG News. Com, 8/12/08, http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/text_message_leads_to_meth_lab_bust/16833/

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