with friends like these...

[hixidom]

During the search, several items were found under the stairs that are commonly found in labs used to manufacture methamphetamine, according to the statement. Those items included a hot plate, glassware, lighter fluid, syringes, tubing, screens with filters

This is the part that surprises me. I tell myself that "there's nothing illegal about owning a hotplate", but apparently it would make me a target.