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<p>PLAINS TWP. &#8212; A man is facing charges after police found what appeared to be a mobile methamphetamine lab in a vehicle inside his vehicle.</p><p>Officers were dispatched to check on Bradley Evanitus, 32, of Shickshinny, who was reportedly in distress near his car on Route 115 at 8:54 p.m. Tuesday.</p><p>Police said Evanitus appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance, and that officers saw drug paraphernalia in his vehicle.</p><p>Officers and a K-9 unit from the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department assisted and reportedly found a mobile meth lab inside the vehicle.</p><p>Clandestine lab technicians from Pennsylvania State Police were then called to the scene.</p><p>Evanitus is charged with risking a catastrophe, manufacturing a controlled substance, operating a meth lab, and possessing/transporting liquefied ammonia gas.</p><p>He was arraigned on his charges before District Judge Joseph Carmody on Wednesday, and was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000 bail.</p><p>Evanitus is scheduled for a preliminary hearing before District Judge Joseph Spagnuolo on June 27.</p><style>
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Police: Meth lab discovered inside man’s vehicle