LIMESTONE, Maine — For the second time in a month, remnants of methamphetamine manufacturing have been discovered beside a road in this community.
Limestone police Chief Stacey Mahan said in a statement released April 14, 2016, that a member of the public turned in a suspicious bottle earlier that day, found on the side of the road. He did not specify the road and was not available for further comment.
Mahan wrote that his department contacted the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, and agents confirmed that the bottle contained the remnants of the “shake and bake” method of making methamphetamine.
Also commonly called the “one-pot” method, the process uses a single sealed container which is generally flipped upside down to cause the reaction needed to turn several toxic ingredients into meth.Mahan said state Environmental Protection officials were called to dispose of the bottle.
Police in Limestone found another large soda bottle with similar evidence of drug manufacturing on Bog Road on March 15.
The chief warned residents that bottles used in the one-pot method are hazardous. “If you come across a discarded container and you suspect it has been used for the manufacturing of meth, please do not touch it,” said Mahan. “Leave it where it is and contact the police department immediately so we can contact the agencies needed for its proper handling.”
