TurnTo23.com

 
Bakersfield News
E-Mail News Alerts
Get breaking news and daily headlines.
Browse all e-mail newsletters
Related To Story
U-haul containers

Suspicious Containers Found Inside U-Haul, Police Say

POSTED: 4:21 pm PDT March 21, 2008
UPDATED: 4:42 pm PDT March 21, 2008

A gas station and fast-food restaurant were evacuated Friday morning for what police called a U-haul with suspicious containers inside.

Officers were originally sent to the gas station just after 10 a.m. to reports of a possible drug deal.

When they arrived, they contacted one man and two women with the U-haul and recovered some methamphetamines.

A further search of the truck uncovered six drums in the back with what they called unknown chemicals that were being transported in a suspicious manner, police said.

The Police Narcotics Unit and Bakersfield Fire Department’s HazMat crews were brought in to examine the drums.

Following some testing they determined the liquid was diesel fuel.

Officials are now trying to determine if the fuel was stolen and if criminal charges will be brought against the suspects.

Links We Like
Sponsored Content
Learn the top five signs of common mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and bipolar disorder. More

To get the most out of your remodel, check out these 10 home updates that have the biggest payoffs when it comes time to sell your home. More

Find out what a sputtering economy and an increasingly difficult to crack job market means to you. More

Curious about what homes near you are in foreclosure? Want to be notified when a home enters foreclosure? Get all of that and more here. More

Sponsored Links