Drug lab in apartment
A 59-year-old man is facing drug charges following the discovering of a “meth” lab in A’Beckett St last month.
Police say they charged the Hong Kong national after the fire brigade was called to a fire in an apartment at about 3.30 pm on April 16.
The man has been charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of methamphetamine.
He is due to face court next month.
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