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One dead in Vancouver drug lab

by Barry Artiste | June 8, 2008 at 08:03 am

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mtippett

at 18:42 on June 8th, 2008

Kitsilano.ca is reporting:

"Kitsilano’s citizen journalists are hard at work - I received this note via email this evening:

Not exactly the nice uplifting stuff that you usually post in the weblog but…. a dead body was found in a drug lab at 2525 Balsam (between Broadway and 10th at the north end of Connaught Park)around 5:30 -6:00. I hear that neighbours reported a foul odor and upon investigation the police found the body and lab. The fire department has at least 6 trucks on site as well as haz mat teams, city utility trucks etc. The road is police taped off at both ends and a large yellow tent is in the middle of the road. It appears that the investigation and clean-up will extend for quite some time.

Nothing confirmed on the mainstream media websites yet."

Barry Artiste

at 21:29 on June 8th, 2008

Thanks Mike for the new story, much appreciated, most of us sure would like to know what is going on there.

mtippett

at 09:53 on June 9th, 2008

This just got sent to me from a reliable source:

"They guy died of phosphine gas inhalation from his meth lab pure and
simple, though some surmise it was the Freon, who knows till the
autopsy results come back. Red phosphorous everywhere in the place is
one reason why no one is allowed back in.

Though samples are sent out, it takes a few day to get results from a third party lab, VPD can't afford an HPLC. "