Pubdate: Tue, 01 May 2001
Source: New York Times (NY)
Section: National Briefing
Copyright: 2001 The New York Times Company
Contact:  http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Author: Sam Howe Verhovek

WASHINGTON: DISCOVERY OF DRUG LAB CLOSES FOREST

State officials have temporarily closed most of a 26,000 acre state forest 
preserve near Mount Rainier National Park, after a conservation officer 
found a large methamphetamine laboratory hidden among the fir trees there. 
The state Department of Natural Resources said it might take several days 
or even a few weeks to conduct an investigation and clean up hazardous 
chemicals at the site, spread over nearly two acres in the Tahoma State 
Forest. A 19-year-old Tacoma woman was arrested.
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