A two month investigation by the I-135/I-70 Drug Task Force leads to the arrest of 3 people and more arrests are possible.

Drug Task Force Commander Lt. Jim Norton says authorities stopped a red phosphorus meth lab cook in a former automotive repair shop at 2771 Centennial Monday evening.

Norton says 5 bags of methamphetamine from a previous cook were recovered. DTF members and an agent from the KBI dismantled the lab on Tuesday.

Arrested in connection to the meth lab were 44-year-old James K. Nixon and 49-year-old Donald R. Petty, both of Salina.

A 51-year-old Minneapolis man, Harold Wood III, was arrested after he arrived at the building and was in possession of a pipe with methamphetamine residue in it along with driving with a suspended license. A woman at the building who had a small amount of meth on her person has not yet been formally charged.

Lt. Norton says further arrest are likely of persons who were supplying the pseudo-ephedrine for the meth.

Due to the dangerous nature of the red phosphorus used in the meth making process. The building has been locked down by the city of Salina until it can be cleaned.