Two people are arrested after police bust a meth lab in a Motel 6 off Youngerman Circle.
Dawn Hoder and Michael Aderhold are in custody and being decontaminated and interviewed.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says an officer was flagged down around 10:30 Wednesday night and told about some suspicious activity possibly going on in one of the hotel rooms. JSO then called in the bomb squad and hazmat team and had to evacuate parts of the hotel.
"I was asleep, completely asleep. First thing I heard was banging on the door and 'You gotta get out. There's been evacuation and we need everybody out. You gotta go across the street.' That's the first I heard about anything," guest Martin Widdowson tells our news partner Channel 4.
WOKV obtained a police report from the arrests. A security officer flagged down police because he suspected there was illegal drug activity in Room 107. The guard had smelled an unusual odor coming from the room, and he had discovered the fire alarm was disconnected.
When police knocked on the door they could smell an unusual odor. Police walked into the bathroom and observed two bottles in a paper bag. The bottles had small tubes on the top into small holes on the lids of each other. It was clearly a mobile meth lab.
Both suspects were placed under arrest.
This is the second meth lab bust at this Motel 6 in over a month. In May, three people were detained and the hotel was evacuated.
JSO says if you ever see anything suspicious, or notice a strong smell of chemicals coming from a house or residence, call police immediately.
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