Authorities investigating a 26-year-old Buena Park resident discovered a “clandestine drug lab” full of suspected fentanyl pills and other drugs, police said.
First responders and a hazardous materials team gather outside a drug lab in Fountain Valley.
(Buena Park Police Department)
The Buena Park Police Department’s Community Impact Team was investigating a suspected drug manufacturing and sales operation Wednesday when they arrived at the lab in the 10600 block of Ellis Street in Fountain Valley. The lab was inside a warehouse.
Although they knew there might be something at the scene, the size surprised the police.
“I don’t think they realized it was going to be this big,” said Sgt. Jon Shaddow of the Buena Park Police Department.
Shaddow said it was the largest drug lab takedown in recent memory for the department.
The Fountain Valley site turned out to be a secret drug lab that contained about 300,000 suspected fentanyl pills, other drugs and machinery used for drug manufacturing. T
(Buena Park Police Department)
The lab contained about 300,000 pills of suspected fentanyl, the department said. Other drugs and machinery used to manufacture narcotics were also found.
Photos released by police showed Ziploc bags full of orange pills, as well as other bags filled with turquoise and white pills.
The department called in the Orange County Environmental Health Hazardous Materials Team to help them deal with the deadly drugs.
Police arrested the 26-year-old, but they did not release his name, citing the ongoing investigation.