Agents with the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team removed what they called an “elaborate” methamphetamine lab from an eastside Savannah home Wednesday night after conducting a search warrant.
Just before 9 p.m., agents with assistance from Savannah firefighters executed a search warrant on a residence on the 1800 block of East 39th Street. Upon making entry, agents saw several small children and a woman and removed them, said Gene Harley, CNT spokesman.
Inside, agents found a meth lab that appeared to have been active recently and evidence that previous manufacturing had occurred at the residence, Harley said. The laboratory, which Harley said was advanced, included an air filtration system that expelled the toxic gases from the lab into the open air outside the home.
Several neighboring houses were evacuated for three hours as an added precaution, Harley said.
CNT agents trained in clandestine laboratories cleared the residence of all hazard materials in accordance with state and federal laws, Harley said. Wednesday night’s search warrant is the result of an ongoing investigation by CNT into a group of people believed to be involved in the possession, distribution, sale and manufacturing of meth throughout Chatham County, Harley said, adding that arrests are expected soon.