Speed factory busted

Uniformed police tipped off the drug squad to an alleged drug manufacturer.

A general patrol attended a house at Gray, in Palmerston, on Monday evening for an unrelated matter and noticed what they thought to be ingredients needed in the manufacture of amphetamines.

The contacted the drug squad and the house was raided several hours later.

During the search police found glassware and chemical precursors required to make amphetamines. There was a primary ingredient for the manufacture of amphetamines that was undergoing the first stage of conversion into methylamphetamine.

A 51-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were arrested.

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Pubdate: 23rd February 2005
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Copyright: 2005 Northern Territory News