LOOKING OUT FOR LABS: HOW TO SPOT
A CLANDESTINE LABORATORY
29 October 2017
11:00am – 12:30pm
Police Headquarters
200 Roma Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Entry is FREE
Community members will learn how to spot the tell-tale signs of clandestine drug laboratories during this month’s presentation at the Queensland Police Museum.
Detective Sergeant Peter GALOVIC from the State Drug Squad will deliver a presentation entitled “Looking out for labs: How to spot a clandestine laboratory” at the Queensland Police Museum on Sunday, October 29 at 11am.
“A clandestine drug laboratory is an illicit operation involving a combination of apparatus and chemicals that people are using to make dangerous drugs. The most common type of laboratory we are seeing in Queensland are those used to make Methylamphetamines or more commonly referred to as “speed” or “ice”.
“These labs are extremely volatile. They can explode, they can ignite or emit odourless and colourless gases that can be lethal. The most frightening thing is that they can be concealed in what appear to be ordinary suburban dwellings in ordinary suburbs.”
Detective Sergeant GALOVIC is a qualified clandestine lab investigator working with the Illicit Laboratory Investigation Team (ILIT) in the Queensland Police Service (QPS). He has more than 35 years’ experience in law enforcement and is also the QPS’s state training officer in clandestine drug labs.
Individuals who believe they may have discovered a clandestine laboratory should immediately notify police and should definitely not enter the suspected area.
The one-and-a-half-hour session which includes question time will begin at 11am on Sunday, October 29, and will provide up-to-date content including a representation of a drug lab. The session is suitable for all audiences.
The Museum opens its doors to the public on the last Sunday of each month from 10am to 3pm from February to November in addition to the standard Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm opening hours. Monthly Sunday openings feature guest speakers from across the historical and crime-solving spectrums.
PLEASE NOTE: The Police Museum will open on Sunday October 29 from 10am to 3pm, and is located on the ground floor of Police Headquarters,
200 Roma Street, Brisbane.