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ST. LOUIS — Authorities continue to find more meth labs and dump sites in Missouri than in any other state by far.
Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Tim Hull said Wednesday that 462 lab busts and discoveries of meth-processing dump sites were reported in the state for the first three months of 2009, according to an internal report. That was up from 426 in the first quarter of 2008.
Mississippi had the second- highest number of meth incidents, with 146 in the January- through-March period. Michigan was third with 136.
However, Missouri is far from the leader in terms of quantities seized. In 2007, for instance, there was nearly 50 times more meth seized in California than in Missouri.
