A shoplifting suspect just couldn't wait to get out of Walmart's security holding room and cook up some meth — so she allegedly set up her portable meth lab right then and there.
After the St. Louis-area store's loss
prevention officers detained the woman, believing her to have been
shoplifting, they left her in the room and went to call the police, local NBC affiliate NewsChannel 5 reported.
When the police showed up, they found a 20-ounce soda bottle in her purse that had been cooking meth while she was being held.
"The
sergeant on the scene who helped to dismantle it said it was currently
cooking when [police] showed up and it had the potential to become
flammable or blow up at any time," Lt. Mark Cox of the St. Louis County Police told NewsChannel 5.
The store was immediately evacuated,
since meth labs can pose explosion hazards. A hazmat team cleaned up the
holding room in the Mehlville, Mo., store, according to NewsChannel 5.
Many more meth-making ingredients were reportedly found in the suspect's car in the parking lot.
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