How do I prove that I live next door to a meth lab for the police? They used to get a lot of visitors until we started to pay attention, now, every day they carry a plastic kitchen trash container and other containers to their car and drive away. Thanks.

mind your own business and stop snitchin
don't take it the wrong way but when someone gets caught selling or manufacturing drugs they get a discovery at there sentencing so even if your name is not in it it's not hard to find out how you were set up so it's gonna be your own fault when you have repercussions for putting yourself in someone elses business, anyway the cops have to have an informant make buys off of them before they can get a warrant anyway and investigate for months and your neighbors have every right to have as many visitors as they want and throw away whatever they want, no judge will issue a warrant unless they are 100% sure that they will make a big bust because it costs too much money to investigate especially if there is a chance there will be no evidence to convict someone (drugs). You can't just go on a hunch, people have rights. I'm sure you have your own reasons for being so concerned with what other people are doing but if it's not affecting your life leave it alone I don't know where you live but over here it is better to stay out of it or take the blame for your own s**t then to snitch because besides the repercussions you may have to deal with by putting you family in danger the cops will not protect you there is nothing they can do, they will not give you extra protection and it is not possible to get a restraining order unless you have lived with a person(besides the fact that you will reveal yourself) they will take all the information they can and leave you to fend for yourself. Eventually, all drug dealers get caught or move if they don't move they will get caught, let them get setup by somebody who got caught with something and dropped a dime or someone who knows whats going on inside or is part of the game not by a neighbor who wants to be some type of hero. Don't take it the wrong way but that is just the way it is.

Unless you have clear evidence, either the chemicals of manufacture or the drug itself you can't "prove" that you live next to a meth lab.

The cans and bags are not indicative of a meth-lab.

Having a lot of people over does not always mean drugs.

In suspected meth labs you are lucky, enough hype and attention has driven police to follow every lead no matter how it stupid sounds.

If you called the police they are either certain it is not a met-lab or they have an investigation which can take years (depending on how big this operation really is) before a single arrest it made.

Do they put out a trash can for pick up? Surely since you are watching them you will know. If not then maybe they are hauling their trash elsewhere.

Maybe they are running a laundry service - times are tight, people are doing a lot of extra work to make money. Maybe they are embarrassed or fear that their nosy neighbors will think less of them if they are caught running a laundry business so use trash containers and plastic bags to haul the laundry.

Maybe its a parent who wears depends and it is diapers they haul out?

I have to wonder why you are so quick to judge drugs when the evidence is at best sketchy.

I'd suggest calling the police and telling them, They will more than likely take a quick stop by.

Anon: Then I would suggest butting out. I know it bothers you but when criminals like this are "ratted out" they tend to be very vendictive.

Also, Meth labs don't usually get a lot of visitors, they usually haul thier product off to somebody to sell out of their home, if their customers were showing up at their lab, it would raise their risk ten fold.

tape everything and give it to a detective so they can build a case and start an investigation about it. Are you going to get in trouble because of that?

take pictures and send them or walk them into the police dept. unless it's a under cover sting the police may already know

take pictures and send them or walk them into the police dept. unless it's a under cover sting the police may already know

take pictures and send them or walk them into the police dept. unless it's a under cover sting the police may already know

Why do you care? First of all, a neighbor who gets a lot of visitors and carries their own trash out does not mean they are running a meth lab. Second, people who run meth-labs usually like to be in a place that's more isolated so that people like you don't watch them, plus you can smell it. Third, you have no conclusive evidence that anything they are doing is suspicious or out of the ordinary. My friend didn't want to pay for trash service cause he's cheap, so he would take his trash from his house and throw it in a dumpster at an apartment complex. No reason to suspect he's running a meth lab. Last like several have mentioned, if you snitch you and your family have a 90% chance of dying, no matter what the police tell you. This I can promise.