The State Drug Squad is a specialist investigative unit responsible for conducting and assisting in investigations of serious drug offences including the production of dangerous drugs and possession of drug lab equipment. The SDIU is responsible for safely dismantling drug labs.
The message - should you locate or suspect a drug lab - is:
GET OUT - STAY OUT - CALL POLICE
Indicators of a drug lab:
- Items of a suspicious nature including improvised heating and cooling mechanisms
- Other used materials (cold and flu packets, empty pseudoephedrine blister strips, gas cylinders or butane fuel cans, stained coffee filters, pH testers or test strips, water pumps) surrounding a property
- An unusual chemical smell
- Plastic containers (with or without chemical labels) at the premises
- Laboratory glassware being carried into a premises or present at a premises
- Fan or pump type noise coming from the premises
- Residents never putting their rubbish out or burning their rubbish
- Little or no traffic at a residence during the day but frequent traffic late at night or at odd hours
- Windows blackened out or extra effort to ensure windows and doors are covered or reinforced
- Evidence of unusual electrical work surrounding the premises
- Noticeable hoses and pipes near windows or doors
- Installation of extractor fans (especially in garages/sheds)
- Recently rented premises where residents are rarely there
- A new tenant willing to pay rent months in advance using only cash
- New rental applicants who try to avoid background checks
- Chemical/reaction waste (often carelessly disposed of).
Thanks to the Queensland Police website for this info
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