Smoking portable meth lab forces evacuation of Delaware home

(AP) – Delaware State Police say a smoking portable meth lab found in a trash can forced the evacuation of a home in Felton.

The agency says in a news release that troopers went to the home early Friday for a report of a domestic complaint. Authorities say a resident barricaded himself in a bathroom, but later was taken into custody.
 
Police say the resident had discarded an active one-pot meth bottle in a trash can outside and it began to smoke. Troopers evacuated the home and called fire and environmental control officials.
 
After the area was rendered safe, a search of the home turned up equipment and component mixtures to manufacture meth, as well as ingredients used in making the drug.
 
Thirty-seven-year-old Lawrence Grimm was charged with operating a clandestine lab.