According to a new Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Missouri is again ranked No. 1 in the country for methamphetamine lab seizures.
Reports indicate after a decline in 2006, for the last four years, meth lab seizures have been on the rise, with 2,096 labs seized in 2011 alone. According to Sedalia Police Department Detective Ryan Reed, the SPD STING Unit served 14 search warrants for meth from January 2011 to date.
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