Man turns bathroom inside of Wal-Mart into a mini-meth lab
Not wanting to risk blowing up his own home, a man decided to turn the men's bathroom at an eastern Indiana Wal-Mart into his own personal meth lab.
Late Thursday night, an employee at the Muncie store saw a man he thought looked "suspicious" go into the bathroom with a backpack and leave without it, The Star Press reports. Members of the state police meth suppression team came in and found a mini-lab inside the backpack, which they say isn't that uncommon — to make meth, sometimes all that's needed is a few two-liter bottles that can be used to mix the ingredients. The cooks leave the items in a public place and then come back later for the finished product, the Indiana State Police said in a statement.
Authorities are using surveillance camera footage to try to find the Walter White of Wal-Mart, and customers at the store who use the restroom for its actual purpose and not as their own private drug den are out of luck: The men's room, as well as a nearby women's restroom, will be closed until a professional cleaning crew can come in and decontaminate.
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