Two arrested for meth lab explosion

Police responding to a report of a fight in progress uncovered a methamphetamine laboratory Wednesday in Sturgis.

Two men, ages 50 and 42 and both from Sturgis, were arrested around 1:30 a.m. after police entered an apartment in the 200 block of E. Hatch St. and discovered a meth lab that had exploded earlier. Officers discovered the apartment after they followed a trail of blood to the location and then noticed smoke coming from under the door.

Two officers and one of the two men were treated for exposure to meth fumes. Information regarding names and addresses of the suspects was not included in a Sturgis Police Department news release.

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