A white van was parked in the woods.
From left to right: Demetrius Kiprakis, Bryan Sahlin and Roseanna Fox. (Ocean County Jail) MANCHESTER -- Police arrested three people after they busted a "rolling methamphetamine lab" in the Pine Lake Park section of town on Monday, authorities said.
The arrests came after police received a report of a suspicious white van parked in the woods near the 2,000 block of Larchmont Street, Manchester police Capt. Todd Malland said in a news release.
He said police stopped the van around 3:38 p.m. on the 600 block of Middlesex Street, located about a half-mile south of where it was first spotted. After running the plates, police said, officers discovered the vehicle was reported stolen in Berkeley County, South Carolina.
A search of the van turned up several items "consistent with the manufacturing of crystal methamphetamine," Malland said. Members of the New Jersey State Police Hazardous Materials Response Unit, Berkeley Township Hazmat Team and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office's Arson Unit were called in to assist in removing the materials.
Authorities closed down Middlesex Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenue for approximately five hours for the investigation, Malland said. Police evacuated one residence in the area.
The van's driver, 30-year-old Demetrius Kiprakis of Goose Greek, South Carolina, and another occupant, 29-year-old Bryan Sahlin of Manchester, were each charged with manufacturing of methamphetamine, a first-degree crime. They were also charged with various other drug distribution and possession charges.
Both men were taken to the Ocean County Jail, and bail was set at $410,000 each.
Another occupant in the vehicle, 57-year-old Roseanna Fox of Toms River, was charged with possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and other drug possession charges. She was lodged in the Ocean County Jail in lieu of $85,000 bail.
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