The Laconia Daily Sun, August 6, 2011

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Laconia’s Main Street was closed for about an hour Friday afternoon while police investigated a possible methamphetamine laboratory in a parked vehicle. The vehicle, it turned out, contained ingredients to make the illicit drug but they had not been combined. At left, Sgt. Gary Hubbard walks near the red car that was the subject of so much scrutiny. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

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Police say makings were there but chemicals hadn’t been combined; man charged with being in possession of narcotic drugs & carrying weapon By AdAm drApcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — The city’s fire and police departments shut down Main Street and evacuated apartments and buildings for about an hour yesterday afternoon after police found what they thought was a methamphetamine manufacturing laboratory in the back seat of a car parked in front of Whittemore’s Flower Shop. After investigating the vehicle, police determined that the car contained all the necessary ingredients to produce the illicit drug but they had not been combined.

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According to a statement issued later by police, the department received a report of a possible drug deal occurring near a vehicle parked on Main Street in front of the ColoJames W. Joyce nial Theater. Officer (Laconia Police photo) Ben Black found an unoccupied vehicle with a man standing near it. The man was later identified as

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