Rudi is an ordained minister of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa. Once 9 metaphetamine labs operated out of the area and most have been shut down. The entire series of articles can be viewed at the link provided. Some labs make more than 100 pounds at a time. As the Central Valley methamphetamine problem grows, agents use new techniques to catch traffickers who change their operations to avoid detection, Pennal said.
Investigators follow trails from the clues left behind when meth makers dump lab waste.
Now, Pennal is organizing an expanded team funded with federal money received when the region was designated a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. The money will add six agents to fight meth in the Central Valley. Agents will have resources to do more than just react to labs, Pennal said. Neither the churches contacted nor the authors of an article on the drug trade in S. California were aware of any such drop. I have not heard of the group or anyone in that area, including the police, talking about such a mind-boggling drop in drug use.