Police, bomb squad find apparent secret lab in Manayunk

Tuesday, May 30, 2017
MANAYUNK (WPVI) -- An unfamiliar smell led the police, hazmat unit, and bomb squad to an apparent secret laboratory in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia Tuesday night.

It began around 7:30 p.m. when police were flagged down at the 200 block of Roxborough Avenue to check out a smell emanating from an apartment.

That's where the officers found a bucket of chemicals with a timer attached to it.
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Soon, hazmat and bomb squads responded to the scene and determined the object was not explosive.

Police say they discovered what appeared to be the makings of a drug lab.

The narcotics unit was called to the scene.



No injuries have been reported.
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