SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES FOLLOW TIP TO DRUG LAB

From staff reports

Multnomah County sheriff's deputies found a methamphetamine lab early
Friday morning in a Southeast Portland apartment after receiving an
anonymous tip.

Micah Taylor Nordstrom, 18, of Portland was arrested on accusations of
possession, distribution and manufacturing of a controlled substance.
Deputies found a working drug lab in the bathroom of his apartment at 7606
S.E. Flavel St., said Barbara Simon, a sheriff's office spokeswoman.
Nordstrom was sent to the Justice Center jail.

The apartment has been deemed a hazardous drug site and unfit for
habitation, Simon said.

According to the sheriff's office, this is the 11th methamphetamine lab
investigation so far in 1999, compared with 18 in all of 1998.

"Methamphetamine is our fastest-growing threat," said Sgt. Lane Sawyer of
the special investigations unit. "Meth is the No. 1 drug of choice in
Multnomah County."