Another meth lab found in Bybee Branch area
One week after raiding a meth lab at Dogwood Point apartments, police returned to the Bybee Branch neighborhood Tuesday to raid another lab, located just across the street from last week’s bust.
The latest suspect, Jeff Bauer, 40, is charged with manufacture of meth. He was arrested at his Bybeewood Drive apartment after police responded to information the illegal drug was being manufactured there.
According to investigators, components of the lab were found throughout the house, with the main portion found in a bedroom closet. Police reported smelling a strong odor, often smelled near meth labs, when they arrived at Bauer’s residence. They also said they saw iodine stains on the floor, another tell-tale sign.
Bauer was arrested exactly one week after Christopher John Rue, 26, was arrested when officers found meth components in his residence which is located in the same neighborhood as Bauer’s apartment.
Investigators say the discoveries of the labs, in such close proximity to one another, could be indicative of a meth lab problem in the neighborhood which is located in the extreme northwestern corner of the city limits.