NY state police report jump in meth lab busts
New York state police say they're responding to far more reports of methamphetamine labs this year than last.
They say that troopers answered 45 reports of labs making the illegal amphetamines last year, compared with more than 100 so far in 2012.
Authorities in Troop E, which covers 10 counties in western New York, say their total has risen from 17 last year to 20 through September.
The agency has a special unit that goes to clandestine drug labs, called the Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team, and plans to discuss some of its work at a news conference on Oct. 5 in Batavia.
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How investigators cracked the Gilgo Beach murders case A combination of turning to the public and the FBI for help, and using cutting-edge DNA technology helped investigators finally identify Rex Heuermann as the prime suspect in the Gilgo Beach serial murders. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie has the story.
