Meth Lab Bust: Exec, Grad Student and Mechanics Arrested

Methamphetamine really does strike all walks of life. WABC7 reports that federal agents arrested ten men during raids on nine meth labs all over the city. And the men arrested are a pretty diverse group. Citibank vice president Michael Nibb had a lab in his East 39th Street penthouse that overlooked the United Nations building. Columbia graduate student and TA Mehmetcan Dosemeci "mixed methamphetamine to stay awake for tests." Two mechanics mixed batches in the repair bays at Potamkin Mistubishi!

Here's a PDF from the NY State about how to recognize a clandestine meth lab.

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By Jen Chung in News on November 30, 2006 1:30 PM

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Blak Guy

Fucking hell. White people do smart crimes and get like 6 months in jail and I steal me a pizza slice and get 5 years in the slammer. You gots to be all edumacated to make all dem chemicals.

John

So much for plausible deniability.

ed_Extinct

oh shit! my alter ego jewyork has been discovered! damn that button of "save personal info"!! damn it to hell!

ed_Extinct

Actually, I stated very clearly I was never arrested for anything. Clearly your reading comprehension is below average.

What I did say was, I was stopped by nypd for smoking pot (big deal), it was confiscated and i was released. (never brought in) it also helped that I had a federal gov't "pba" card)." that's a far cry from being arrested. Besides (and I remember stating this as well (again reading comprehension), marijuana smoking, unless you're disributing (selling), is a violation, not even a misdemeanor. So even if I was arrested my voting rights would not be taken away. Only convicted felons (key word: convicted) lose their voting rights.

Next time read followups before acting like a jerk. and yes YOUR douchbagery is duly noted.

For your lack of reading comprehension: http://www.learningannex.com/default.taf?sctn=M&_function=detail&cnum=271GNY&cat=

mh

edEx: weren't you bragging about your arrest record on another blog?

Do you use a douchebag?

Schadenfreudian Mensch

"A citibank VP? WTF!?"

Guess he didn't get a good bonus this year. Those mortgage payment on the Manhattan penthouse is rather pricey.

ed_Extinct

nh, i'm not sure how to take your comment; insult, praise, or just plain douchbagery.

mh

NOW THIS IS NEWS!

[2] Posted by: edEx | November 30, 2006 1:52 PM

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I knew you would be logged onto this blog.

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Does this mean that crack is passé?

[5] Posted by: just saying | November 30, 2006 2:19 PM

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No. Meth is for white people. Look at who is getting busted for the lab. One other point. The crack is still big business among minorities.

These guys were probably trying to infringe on the territory of the NYPD and bigger drug dealers, organized criminals. They weren't having it.

just saying

Does this mean that crack is passé?

dhex

thanks to the dea you mean? cause clearly people don't have any problems making the stuff with or without otc drugs.

wonder how big their operations were. or if they were just disparate enough to be of interest.