Bellingham PD: meth-laden plastic bottles, jugs found in parks

Police in Bellingham are sounding the alarm over toxic trash.

Plastic bottles used to make methamphetamine turned up last week at Sehome Arboretum, said Lt. Bob Vander Yacht of the Bellingham Police Department. The plastic containers are used to cook meth and are often tossed into the brush or onto the roadside still laden with harmful ingredients.

"These are nasty chemicals. We don't want people to come in contact with it," Vander Yacht said, while walking through the popular park Tuesday. "We recognize that this might be a growing trend, so we feel like we're in front of it pretty well."