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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Officials investigate possible drug materials found in hotel parking lot
A two-gallon thermos with an ammonia-like substance was found this afternoon in the parking lot of the Clarion Hotel and Convention Center, 525 33rd Avenue, SW.
The material, commonly used to manufacture methamphetamine, was discovered in a cooler. George Bockenstedt, an investigator with the Cedar Rapids Fire Department said the federal Drug Enforcement Agency was contacted to continue the investigation.
Police and fire were called to the Clarion Hotel and Convention Center in Cedar Rapids this afternoon after a suspicious thermos was discovered. (Christopher Pratt/The Gazette)
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