BRODHEADSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Police in northeastern Pennsylvania say two men have been arrested after a car chase ended with police discovering a mobile meth lab inside the vehicle.
The Pocono Record reports (http://bit.ly/10xqIBJ ) it happened Tuesday morning in Smithfield Township. Pennsylvania State Police say a trooper tried to make a stop after spotting a vehicle committing a traffic violation, but the driver sped off.
Authorities say that after a brief pursuit, the driver and a passenger fled on foot before being arrested. Police found what they described as a suspected methamphetamine lab in the car.
The driver, 41-year-old Brodheadsville resident Michael Robert Boyle, and passenger, 37-year-old East Stroudsburg resident William Peter Parr, face drug charges and charges of fleeing and eluding police. It could not immediately be determined if either had an attorney.