Crime & Safety

Nazareth Police Chief: 'Mobile Meth Lab' Taken Down

Pennsylvania State Police are headed to Nazareth's headquarters to secure the car.

A "mobile meth lab" was busted this afternoon, according to Thomas Trachta, Nazareth's chief of police.

In a joint operation, Trachta explained that the Nazareth police department assisted the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office in taking down the lab at 3 p.m. today on the first block of S. Broad Street.

Pennsylvania State Police were headed to at 134 S. Main St. to "make the car safe due to the volatile chemicals that are contained within the car," according to Trachta.

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Trachta said he could not get into particulars about who was arrested because it was the Attorney General's investigation and arrest.

A call to the attorney general's press office went unanswered.

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