--- description: Police say they found an active meth lab in a backpack in a mens room at a Walmart in Muncie Indiana title: Meth Lab Found in Walmart Bathroom image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Meth Lab Found in Walmart Bathroom  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 13, 2015 8:33 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 13, 2015 8:33 PM CUT Police say an “active meth lab” was found inside a backpack in the men’s restroom at a Walmart in Muncie, Ind., Thursday night, according to a [news release](https://local.nixle.com/alert/5376330/ "undefined") from the state police department. While the Pendleton District Meth Suppression Team dismantled the meth lab and got the chemicals out of the store, the men’s and women’s restrooms would still need to be “thoroughly decontaminated” before customers could use them again, police said. In the statement, Indiana State Police said this strategy of cooking meth is not uncommon: --- > “” --- ### What America's War on Drugs Looked Like in 1969  A U.S. Customs agent points his gun at a car suspected of transporting marijuana, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  U.S. Customs agents tailing a suspected drug smuggler, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Scene from U.S. Customs' anti-drug smuggling effort, "Operation Intercept," along the U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Drug bust outside of San Antonio, Texas, part of U.S. Customs' "Operation Intercept," 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Scene from U.S. Customs' anti-drug smuggling effort, "Operation Intercept," along the U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Scene from U.S. Customs' anti-drug smuggling effort, "Operation Intercept," along the U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Scene from U.S. Customs' anti-drug smuggling effort, "Operation Intercept," along the U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Scene from U.S. Customs' anti-drug smuggling effort, "Operation Intercept," along the U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Scene from U.S. Customs' anti-drug smuggling effort, "Operation Intercept," along the U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Scene from U.S. Customs' anti-drug smuggling effort, "Operation Intercept," along the U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Scene from U.S. Customs' anti-drug smuggling effort, "Operation Intercept," along the U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Scene at the U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Suspected drug smugglers searched at the U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Scene at the U.S.-Mexico border, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Customs agents, Texas, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Customs agents, Texas, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Customs agents, Texas, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Customs agents with suspected drug smugglers, Falcon Lake, Texas, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. At sunset, Customs agents, armed with shotguns, scour the darkening waters of Falcon Lake, Texas -- a favorite border-crossing point for smugglers. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  U.S. Customs agents in a car filled with seized marijuana. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  U.S. Customs agent, 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  U.S. Customs agents unload seized marijuana. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  U.S. Customs agents in a car filled with seized marijuana. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  U.S. Customs agent in a room filled with seized marijuana. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. A 500-pound cache of confiscated marijuana is removed from warehouse-like storage vault in San Diego, then burned in raging furnace, one brick at a time." (See last image in gallery.) Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  U.S. Customs agents with seized marijuana. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Room filled with seized marijuana, San Diego, Calif., 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Seized marijuana burns in a furnace, San Diego, Calif., 1969. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3744599/walmart-restroom-meth-lab/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3744599/walmart-restroom-meth-lab/"},"headline":"Meth Lab Found in Walmart Bathroom","datePublished":"2015-03-13T20:33:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:53.871Z","description":"Breaking bad in Muncie, Indiana","url":"https://time.com/3744599/walmart-restroom-meth-lab/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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