A good Samaritan leads police to uncover chemical to make meth on the Westside.

Jacksonville Police were first called around 11 a.m. when a concerned citizen reported an assault happening in a car near Normandy.  Police followed the car to Ramona Blvd, just south of I-10, where they pulled the car over by a Budget Inn.

At that time, police saw guns and chemicals related to making methamphetamine.  A police officer also recognized some of the people involved from prior incidents.

At this time five people have been taken in to custody on charges of armed conspiracy to produce methamphetamine.  Police also determined there was no assault in the vehicle, but rather an argument.

The suspects were staying in a nearby motel, although at this time police did not find anything suspicious in that room.

David Rodriguez was staying at the Executive Inn with his wife and newborn baby just four rooms down from the room that the JSO bomb squad and Jacksonville Fire-Rescue Hazmat teams were investigating..

"We were never told what was going on," Rodriguez said.  He said they stayed in the room for three hours without having any idea of what was going on.

"I'm mostly upset that there should've been an evacuation if there was any risk.  And there's obvious risk if they've got Hazmat," he said.

The JSO bomb squad and Jacksonville Fire-Rescue Hazmat team were called to check out the car and a room at the nearby Executive Inn, where some or all of the suspects had been staying. Adjoining rooms were evacuated Friday afternoon as a precaution, as the manufacture of meth can be highly volatile.

Ramona Blvd was closed for much of the afternoon and reopend just after 6 p.m.