Largest Meth Manufacturing Network Ever Prosecuted in Northern District of Iowa

United States Attorney Matt M. Dummermuth announced the dismantling of a large-scale Sioux City meth manufacturing ring supplied by pseudoephedrine “smurfing.” Twenty-three defendants have been convicted and, as of this morning, 16 of them have been sentenced to terms ranging from over 23 years to 2½ years in federal prison. Seven defendants remain to be sentenced.

At the center of the conspiracy was ANTHONY GRENIER, age 46, from Sioux City, Iowa, who Read more

Terrorist said he used amphetamines to prolong attack in India

Ajmal Amir Kasab, who dropped out of school in fourth grade, told police that he and the other terrorists who were responsible for killing 171 people in India, used amphetamines to prolong their attack on innocent people. His confession sheds light about how amphetamine and methamphetamine is being used as a tool Read more

Flint Michigan inventor suspected of operating a meth lab

A process server who had come to the home of 54 year-old, Joseph Donnelly, noticed something unusual about his home. Something so unusual, that it required he make a 911 call to the local police. When police and firefighters responded to the call for help, they discovered containers of unmarked chemicals and equipment – the makings of a meth lab. But, a search of the home for meth came up empty. It didn’t surprise Donnelly. He was making something that he knew was worth much more than methampethamine. Read more

Identity theft and fake meth lab registry sites

In my efforts to keep my visitors informed about how to better protect themselves from renting or buying a meth lab home, it worries me to think about how many viewers will go to sites that will give them misleading information. One such site, that recently turned up on the net, requires vistors to enter personal information in order to get access to a list of web sites in the U.S. The site attempts to make visitors “think” it is an official site by prominently displaying a picture of a government building on it.

Knowing full well that there is no database anywhere in the world that contains that information, I asked a friend to sign up to see just what kind of information they had to offer. When you sign up for the site, you Read more

Kansas City meth lab cook faces 30 year minimum sentence in federal prison

A Platte County man who bragged that he had shot at police “Rambo style” pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to his role in a large methamphetamine manufacturing conspiracy.

John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Platte County, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a large-scale conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine. While attempting to flee from police officers, he detonated an explosion at his residence and engaged in a shoot-out and high-speed car chase with officers. Read more

Oregon inmate says that meth makes you evil

Meth makes you evil, according to an Oregon inmate who knows first hand about the effects of methamphetamine. Meth, according to one law enforcement officer in this video, touches the lives of everyone in Oregon. He says that if you live in Oregon, you either know someone who has a problem with meth, or you have a relative that is involved with it.

When your dad is a meth lab cook

The victims of meth lab homes include not only renters and home buyers, but also the children who have grown up with parents who make methamphetamine. Kambri Crews, a producer and publicist who now resides in New York City, says she once lived in a tent, a tin shed, a trailer, and then back to a tin shed in Montgomery, Texas before her family moved to Ft. Worth, Texas, the place where her family was ripped apart. Read more

Australian customs agents find almost 2000 lbs of pseudoephedrine in Thailand shipment

July 13, 2008 – The Australian Federal Police seized almost $300 million worth of chemicals used to manufacture the drug methamphetamine, or ice. Three people were arrested, after customs agents found a shipment from Thailand containing 850 kilograms of pseudoephedrine hidden inside Read more

The First Global Meth Conference will be held September 2008

On Monday, September 15th and Tuesday, September 16th, 2008, the world’s first global conference on Methamphetamine will take place in the Czech Republic in Prague’s Historic City Hall. The Conference will gather together experts from the USA, China, Australia, Thailand, Russia, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, New Zealand, Indonesia, Poland, Iran, Serbia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Great Britain and the United Nations in an effort to find ways to Read more

Big Business: A Meth Lab Owner’s Story

Ever wonder why someone would choose to make methamphetamine? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out – it’s easy money and it gives them a constant supply of the drug they typically become addicted to. One meth lab owner confessed to Newsweek, that he made $200,000 a year tax-free, making and selling methamphetamine and other drugs to his customers. Selling meth can be Read more

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