Man Indicted for Making Methamphetamine

A Maryland Heights man was indicted April 27 by grand jury for attempting to make methampetamine.

Matthew R. Smith, 30, of the 11800 block of Gay Glen in Maryland Heights, is charged with attempting to make methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance and use of drug paraphernalia.

During a Jan. 3 traffic stop, a St. Charles Police patrolman saw that Smith had some items used to make meth. A search found deconstructed cold packs, muriatic acid, sodium hydrochloride and an improvised smoking pipe, according to a St. Charles County Drug Task Force report.

The report said a field test on a substance was positive for methamphetamine.

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