False reports of “Meth lab” at Temple Street standoff
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Despite early speculation about the discovery of a methamphetamine lab near the state house, sources within the Boston Fire Department say the woman holed up in her Temple Street apartment is no drug manufacturer.
Two firemen on duty with the department's H2 Special Unit who did not wish to be identified said the woman involved in the standoff could not have been producing the drug without leaving a trail of evidence.
"It ain't no meth lab. We'd of smelled it. We went up there and checked the meter. She might be on drugs, but ...