Backpack meth lab found dumped on side of road

By KVAL.com staff Published: Apr 11, 2011 at 2:43 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 11, 2011 at 4:46 PM PDT
Backpack meth lab found dumped on side of road
The county sheriff asks that anyone with information on the owner of this backpack or the circumstances in which it was dumped is asked to call our tip line at (541) 474-5160.

CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. - A haz-mat team from Portland responded to a suspicious backpack found along a road 300 miles south on Saturday night.

Field tests confirmed the presence of red phosphorus, acid and solvent chemicals - chemicals associated with the manufacture of methamphetamine.

That confirmed the initial suspicions of Deputy Cory Krauss, who responded to the 400 block of North Sawyer Avenue in Cave Junction after residents noticed the backpack on the side of the road.

The county sheriff asks that anyone with information on the owner of this backpack or the circumstances in which it was dumped is asked to call our tip line at (541) 474-5160.