Investigators from the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, as well as specially trained officers from the Van Wert Police Department, to process a semi tractor-trailer rig believed to a mobile methamphetamine laboratory.<\/p>\n
Troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol\u2019s Van Wert Post were the first to suspect that something was not right when troopers pulled over to investigate a 1996 Peterbilt semi rig that was parked along the side of U.S. 224, near the intersection with Lincoln Highway, at approximately 1:18 Monday morning.<\/p>\n
The troopers, who decided to investigate because the semi was partially on the roadway, found the driver of the rig and a passenger asleep in the truck cab’s sleeping area. However, while attempting to wake the two people up, troopers found indications that the rig was actually a mobile meth lab.<\/p>\n
After discovering drug-related evidence, troopers then secured the truck and investigators from BCI&I were called, along with VWPD clandestine laboratory trained officers.<\/p>\n
Investigators then began processing the semi truck as a hazardous materials scene and U.S. 224 was closed between Lincoln Highway and Van Wert Decatur Road until processing was complete.<\/p>\n
More information will be released as it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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