Heavy police activity can be seen as suspected ‘fentanyl’ lab raid underway in northwest Houston

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Texas Division of Public Security brokers and officers with the Houston Police Division busted a suspected drug lab Monday in northwest Houston, recovering lots of of drugs and tablet presses.

Authorities had been on Sussex Lane close to Gessner Highway within the Carverdale space. Police had been posted exterior a enterprise earlier than a number of officers donned white hazmat fits and entered.

DPS Lt. Craig Cummings stated authorities are investigating a clandestine drug lab. An agent on scene advised ABC13 it entails the manufacturing of drugs, probably fentanyl.

Homeland Safety Investigations brokers and Houston firefighters had been additionally on scene.

An HFD official stated the division’s Hazardous Supplies Unit was known as after a subject take a look at on some seized narcotics was constructive for methamphetamine and fentanyl. Three tablet presses, which needed to be decontaminated, had been recovered, in keeping with HFD. They embrace each hand and machine-operated ones.

Additional assessments can be accomplished on the narcotics.

Cummings stated the bust is a DPS-led investigation and that extra particulars can be launched Tuesday. No arrests have been made.

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