 First we will get you the state drug investigation report. It can tell us what's happening this morning. Approximately quarter to nine this morning members of the State Drug Investigation Unit executed a search warrant on the premises here at 1 Park Road, Milton. And when they executed the warrant they located equipment associated with illicit drug licoratories. They then searched another couple of areas in the building and located further equipment and a male suspect as well. Have they just found equipment? Have you found any drugs? They found the suspect administering drugs at that time and he's now been taken to hospital by the ambulance in relation to his drug-affected state. In what way are we making this? The equipment and the chemicals are associated with reduction of amphetamines. Was it information that had come from shopkeepers here? Information came to the police from a number of areas including customs and also the community. Sounds like an elaborate setup. The male's known to us from previous involvement and certainly he has been involved in this type of thing before. So he did have some commercial grade equipment and also a range of chemicals. I understand it's not the first time a lab's been found in this location. I understand that approximately 18 months ago there was an incident here or some drug paraphernalia located here also. We can't say exactly the length of time. Obviously our investigations are ongoing. As I said he's been taken to hospital. We get to interview him and his health is the main thing at this point in time. We have police with him at the moment. Often when we see labs like this they're in fairly remote areas away from sort of dense populations. How dangerous is it having someone like this so densely crowded? Oh extremely dangerous. Dangerous in the terms of the production method they use obviously can be very flammable and explosive but also dangerous in relation to contamination of chemicals and also the types of equipment that are used. So is that why you set up this exclusion zone? Certainly we work closely with Queensland Fire and Rescue and in consultation with them the decision was made to set up an exclusion zone here for the safety of the community and the members of the public and also evacuate the building here for all the other businesses, premises and residents over there. So you're speaking with one man in his 30s at the moment. Are you looking to speak with any other alleged offenders? Look our investigations are at early stage at this point in time. We believe obviously there are other people involved in this incident here and those investigations will take the end of the course. Have they been able to use a lot of the elements in the process this year? I'm unable to say at this point in time there's still two other areas to be searched and certainly the main concern at the moment is to render the area safe and then a thorough search will be recorded of the premises there. So you can't put value on what you found in the past? Not at this point in time. And you have some areas with it? There's a number of premises in there that are used for a range of specialty stores and businesses and there's also residential areas in there as well. The mail person was located within a residential unit in there. So is the mail person linked to any businesses here? We don't believe he's personally linked to any businesses but obviously he's an officer of the building there at this point in time. So he was actually administering the drugs to himself? He was either come by a team? No, no. The information I have from the investigators who executed the search line was that he, as they executed the search line, he was in the process of injecting himself. So did he resist arrest or was he violent? No, I've got no information to suggest he was violent or resisted arrest. He was in a fairly drug-affected state and the Queensland ambulance made an assessment to transport him to the hospital to have him assessed. So that's a significant crime? Certainly we're very pleased to be able to take this type of... He's listed drug laboratory out of the community, particularly in a very built-up area here close to the city and a lot of business premises here. So we're very pleased to be able to successfully achieve that today. What kind of charges is he facing? As I said before, he hasn't been spoken to and the full investigation hasn't been conducted. But certainly we'd be looking at charges in relation to possessing certain equipment associated with illicit drug laboratories and obviously looking at production of claimant drugs also. Presently you need to move a fair bit of stuff in and out to operate a lab like this. Isn't it surprising that it's been set up somewhere that's so public? Look, obviously being a resident of the building there is access at all hours. It's not as though it's like an area where you've only got access between business hours. And we don't know whether the equipment has been moved in there over a period of time. But certainly we're very thankful for the information from our partner agencies, Customs and also from the community. How many customers have you found so far exactly? I'm not 100% sure at the moment. As I said, there's two further areas that still to be searched. Storychats. There are a number of items of commercial grade glassware and utensils that are associated with illicit drug laboratories and also a variety of chemicals. Customs locate chemicals or equipment that's into this term? Customs have received information as a result of their investigations in regards to people purchasing equipment that is associated with or could be associated with illicit drug laboratories. Do you think this one allows you to look sometimes? I'm unable to say exactly. I would suggest that it's obviously not something that's been set up today, but the exact duration it's been here, we're not sure. Is it in the upstairs area there? Yes, I believe it's in the upstairs area. There's a number of premises there in business and residential as well. Is it actually cooking up a batch when your bike happens? No, it wasn't. Thank you.