Know if a secret drug lab is in your area
TO help detect if there is a secret illegal drug laboratory operating in your community, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) provided the following telltale signs of a possible presence of on.:
1) Presence of large water tanks. 2) Thick electrical wires for houses or facilities instead of normal-sized wires. 3) Presence of empty chemical bottles, drums and containers. 4) Specially-constructed chimney or ventilation fan that run for
extended hours. 5) Strong chemical odors (solvent-like) coming from the house, bodega, piggery, poultry. 6) Persons in the premises seldom come out but they do come out to smoke. 7) Excessive or irregular water waste coming out of the premises. 8) Presence of waste chemicals. 9) Discarded materials used to store chemicals. 10) Occupants burn their trash instead of discarding them.
11) Extensive use of security cameras. 12). Odd locks and bars on windows. 13) Presence of watch dogs, high fences and barb wires. 14) Heavily tinted windows. 14) Occupants/visitors enter areas odd hours. 15) Frequent visitors riding late model cars. 16) Dead or dying trees, plants and grass in the immediate
vicinity.
In 2016, eight clandestine shabu laboratories were discovered and shut down nationwide. “Five of these, which include shabu facilities in Pamplona, Las Piñas City; Subic, Zambales; Barangay Apolonia, Quezon City; Magalang, Pampanga; and Arayat, Pampanga, were dismantled during the first 100 days of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Manufacturing trends have also evolved, from large scale/industrial type production to small scale/kitchen type labs. Another trend that was observed during the clan lab dismantling operations in the country is that the production processes were done in stages, with separate and distinct areas for each phase unlike the traditional method of doing the whole production process in one location. This method lessens the possibility of detection of the entire production site used. (With report from PDEA)
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