Meth lab found at Cranston housing complex; 2 men charged

Daniel Kittredge
Posted 2/20/15

Two men are in federal custody after a Wednesday raid on a meth lab at a Cranston housing complex.

Nicholas Selser, 33, and Michael Fortes, 48, of Cranston, are alleged to have manufactured the …

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Meth lab found at Cranston housing complex; 2 men charged

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Two men are in federal custody after a Wednesday raid on a meth lab at a Cranston housing complex.

Nicholas Selser, 33, and Michael Fortes, 48, of Cranston, are alleged to have manufactured the drug inside their apartment at the D’Evan Manor Housing Complex on Cranston Street, according to a joint release from U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Cranston Police Chief Col. Michael J. Winquist and Michael Ferguson, the acting special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) New England Field Division.

According to the release, Cranston police, DEA Drug Task Force and DEA Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Team of New Hampshire executed a search warrant at the apartment on Wednesday, seizing “various chemicals, supplies and items used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.”

The release indicates that authorities found evidence that methamphetamine had been manufactured in the apartment on approximately 11 previous occasions, with the “one pot” – or “shake and bake” – method having been utilized. That process, the release states, is a “simple but potentially dangerous method of manufacturing” the drug, and is “prone to cause fires and can sometimes cause explosions.”

Authorities noted that the D’Evan complex is densely populated and houses a large number of elderly residents.

Selser and Fortes are specifically being charged with one count each of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, manufacture of methamphetamine, possession of precursor chemicals to manufacture methamphetamine, and possession of equipment, products and material which may be used to manufacture methamphetamine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney John P. McAdams is prosecuting the case.

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