Shoshone County Busts Meth Lab

Mon., June 22, 1998

From Staff Reports

Three people suspected of operating a methamphetamine lab were arrested early Sunday in Kellogg, the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Department reported.

Sheriff’s deputies acting on a search warrant found a methamphetamine lab at 394 Moon Gulch, according to a press release. Members of the Department of Law Enforcement’s lab team cleaned up hazardous materials from the operation.

Three people were taken to the Shoshone County Public Safety Building and will make their first appearance today at the Shoshone County Courthouse, the sheriff’s department said.

The Sheriff’s department declined to release the suspects’ names, saying the investigation was continuing.

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