Someone was making meth in a Bal Harbour condo unit, police say
The “clandestine narcotics lab” found Monday inside a unit of a Bal Harbour condo building was used for manufacturing methamphetamine, police said Tuesday.
The tenant of the unit on the 15th floor had been evicted last week, police said.
On Monday, the management of the 22-story Majestic Towers Condo, 9601 Collins Ave., entered the unit and promptly called police after finding suspicious items, said village spokesman Brian Andrews. Bal Harbour police responded, and after finding “items of real concern,” called Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, Andrews said.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said they responded to a “hazardous situation” involving a chemical at around 3:30 p.m.
Some floors were evacuated as a precaution, fire rescue said. According to Miami Herald news partner CBS4, the 13th, 14th and 15th floors were evacuated.
Miami-Dade police spokesman Chris Thomas said the unit was cleared by Miami-Dade Fire Recue’s Hazmat team, Miami-Dade police’s bomb unit, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents at around 9 p.m.
“It has been deemed safe,” Thomas said Monday night. “Now the investigation continues.”
Those who had been evacuated were able to return to their units.
Miami-Dade narcotics detectives and the DEA will investigate.
This story was originally published October 4, 2021 at 6:35 PM.
