NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Newport News Police Department is investigating a possible meth lab discovered in the 12400 block of Jefferson Avenue.
Officers were initially dispatched in reference to a suspicious person. When they arrived, they checked the wooded area behind Sam's Club, where a tent and what officers identified as a potential meth lab were located.
The call was upgraded to a hazmat situation, and the Newport News Fire Department was also notified.
The wood-line area is airport property.
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