“…the (hotel) manager said despite the lab being small it had cost thousands to make the room safe again and he felt there was little he could do to stop it happening again…mix of precursor chemicals and substances used in drug production, drug lab 
sites have been known to cause explosions, flash burns, fires, toxic fumes, poisonous gases, damage to the environment, injury to members of the community and even death…the equipment used to make the labs was easily sourced from hardware stores and included anything from jars and beakers, to soft drink bottles and plastic tubing…for each lab uncovered, there are about 10 that aren’t…”
MINI drug labs small enough to fit inside suitcases are being set up in high-end, inner-city Gold Coast hotels to feed an illicit substance epidemic. And Gold Coast hotel managers say they are unable to stop it. Police and even hotel cleaners reveal the city is one of the most popular targets for drug makers, who use hotel bathrooms to “cook” methamphetamines and then take them in limited supplies to popular Coast nightspots.
Statistics obtained by a Gold Coast Bulletin Right to Information request show 32 clandestine drug labs have been busted on the Coast since January 2012, and at least nine were found in units.
Meth Lab Cleanup director Jenny Boymal said they were just the tip of the iceberg.
For more:Â http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2013/08/20/456662_crime-and-court-news.html
