Maine drug enforcement agents with local police arrested a Kennebunk man for allegedly making “one-pot” methamphetamine.
Over the course of six months, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency had been called to multiple dump sites in Kennebunk and Wells where plastic bottles used to make methamphetamine had been found by locals walking or biking in the area, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss said in a news release.
Authorities identified a suspect, and on Monday at about 1:20 p.m. a Kennebunk police officer stopped a car on Maguire Road driven by Chadd Roper who had a dog with him, Moss said.
Inside the car, police found “numerous backpacks, bags, and other items” that were part of a one-pot system “in the active stages of the process of producing methamphetamine,” Moss said.
Police arrested Roper and charged him with unauthorized operation of a methamphetamine laboratory. He was brought to York County Jail where his bail was set at $25,000 cash.
Because methamphetamine manufacturing carries a serious risk of explosion or fire, the road was shut down and the immediate area was evacuated for safety, and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection responded to the scene to dispose of some of the toxic materials, Moss said.
