Traffic stop leads to meth lab in historic home

A traffic stop led authorities on a widespread search for weapons, a laptop and other evidence of home burglaries, but ended with the midnight discovery of a meth lab inside a 100-year-old historic home in Cleveland. (Scott Engle / Montgomery County Police Reporter) less A traffic stop led authorities on a widespread search for weapons, a laptop and other evidence of home burglaries, but ended with the midnight discovery of a meth lab inside a 100-year-old historic home in ... more Photo: Montgomgery County Police Reporter Photo: Montgomgery County Police Reporter Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Traffic stop leads to meth lab in historic home 1 / 5 Back to Gallery

A traffic stop led authorities on a widespread search for weapons, a laptop and other evidence of home burglaries, but ended with the midnight discovery of a meth lab inside a 100-year-old historic home in Cleveland.

The case began about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday when Precinct 4 deputy constables pulled over a vehicle and discovered a number of guns hidden under a blanket in the backseat, Montgomery County Police Reporter says in a detailed story on its website. Two of the four occupants had outstanding warrants.

The deputies contacted the Harris County Sheriff's Office after the suspects reportedly admitted to a Huffman-area home burglary.

That property owner told detectives about a missing laptop, Police Reporter says, which led authorities to a home in Cleveland, then another, and finally to the historic Noble Garvey House on Taft Street.

Just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, deputies entered the 1915 home and found the laptop, Police Reporter says. That's also when authorities detected a chemical odor, which led to a methamphetamine lab set up in a bedroom. State troopers were called in to handle that.