Uh, Tony, a meth lab can be almost anywhere and they're often used infrequently or only once with all the gear dumped by the roadside in a nice toxic pile. Not only that, but once a location's been used for cooking meth, it's essentailly a toxic site.

Good information here.

Besides, cooking meth often takes place in rural areas where there's no regular patrol, and even if there were, the short period of time it takes to cook means that it's unlikely for officers to catch the action.

A co-worker's brother in law is currently serving federal time for this, and some of his cooking stuff was found behind our offices under a tarp, so I know more than I really want to about this. It's really horrible stuff.

-Zeke