2 people flee SLT drug lab explosion
By Kathryn Reed
Two people are being sought in connection with a drug lab that blew up in South Lake Tahoe on Tuesday night.
The suspects were seen running from the apartment on Larch Avenue after the 8:20pm explosion on May 19. Glass was blown out and a small fire started. However, the damage was minimal. The building inspector did not condemn the residence.
“Sometimes the violence of the explosion is enough to extinguish any type of flame,” Police Chief Brian Uhler explained.
The two suspects were using butane to extract THC. Stems, seeds and other byproducts of a marijuana plant that are not sellable can have the honey oil extracted from them to be made into edibles or it is smoked. The process to get this concentrated THC, though, is “extremely dangerous”, according to Uhler.
“We live in a forest. With the oncoming season of what is expected to be worst fire season ever, we need to do things to get control of what is an excess production going on,” Uhler told Lake Tahoe News.
He encourages people to report suspected illegal marijuana grows as well as if people see neighbors with a large number of butane canisters. Estimates are more than 400 illegal grows exist in the city limits.
South Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team is handling the investigation into Tuesday’s blast. Area hospitals have been notified in case someone with injuries that may be consistant with that of a butane fire show up.
Good start would be to see who’s on the rental agreement. Then interview the one with the IQ of a rock.
Wasn’t there a story about a house blowing up in Truckee where the folks were doing the same?
32 killed in CA last year. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Danger-Next-Door-An-Emerging-Drug-Crisis-301179201.html Extrapolating LA’s 37 explosions to CA population, maybe 140 explosions state wide in 2014? That seems consistent with what I see in the newspapers I scan each day – almost weekly in the Santa Rosa paper.
And yet some still say that pot isnt dangerous and there are no known deaths associated with smoking marijuana. I bet the familys of the dead would dispute that myth.
Nature bats. How is it possible you’re so stupid. I mean really…..
Mustache, how is what I said stoopid? I went to the sources mentioned by baddog. I know personally people who have their blown up by honey cookers. If houses can blow up so can human bodies. Maybe you should read the articles. Or are you too stoopid?
nature: Maybe you should learn how to spell STUPID before you start calling people STUPID.
There should be zero tolerance for this activity. The property owners here should be held accountable for this as well.
Obviously the spelling of “stoopid” has several blog trools distracted..go figure
Its like how you spell gubment…Get it? Doubtful…
Oh kits, BTW, ****** mustache is the one calling people stoopid first, in case you missed that…
The deleted word is. S ka n ky, in case you need help filling in the blanks
“Stoopid” and “trools”?! You really should not have dropped out of the third grade.
nature-why bother arguing with dullards that think that the opposite of ‘irony’ is ‘wrinkly’
Tea: I know…let’s have a spelling contest. You and the Bat go first. Hint: Gubment is not a word.
Tea total, I love it, irony or wrinkly, hahaha, had a good laugh, thanks…
Hahaha always the same 6 old farts bickering on here. Internet trolls, hahaha you’re making my sides hurt. You need to try getting out on the real forums.