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Neighbors fed up with valley wide meth problem

By Elizabeth Gentle - bio | email

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - Two more alleged meth dealers are off the streets.

But neighbors worry more will pop up if the drug problems aren't stopped.

Another example of how tips from the public can help put the meth dealers away.

This one from a concerned citizen, led to 2 people behind bars and a total of 5-one pot labs destroyed.

Meth labs are becoming all too common.

It has people worried the highly addictive drug is out of control.

'Its a growing problem. You have concerns in your own neighborhood its definatly a problem,' said taxpayer Chris Yancy.

A man was burned when a meth lab exploded in a shed behind a home on Old Big Cove Road in Madison County.

Investigators say 30 year old Bo Bass was cooking meth near a propane tank when it went up.

A second bust...this one in Owens Cross Roads.

Police found a total of five one-pot meth labs and a gram of the finished chemical at a home.

Police arrested 2 people.

The meth bust happened all thanks to a concerned citizen.

Police say they can't be everywhere at once.

So tips often help lead them to an arrest and seizure.

Some people we talked to say anyone suspicious of being involved in meth makes them feel unsafe even in their own neighborhood.

'I think its terrible. I think it's the young population is growing old fast by using this. It makes your neighborhood go down it looks bad,' said taxpayer Deloris Iffrig.

'You don't feel secure with the drug trafficking going in and out consequently your property value goes down. Nobody wants to move into a drug infested neighborhood,' said taxpayer Bill Iffrig.

Bass was released from the hospital.

Drug agents arrested him on a previous warrant and later served him with second degree manufacturing of a controlled substance.

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