HILLSDALE, MI – A 35-year-old Hillsdale woman was arrested after a routine traffic stop ended with state police finding a mobile methamphetamine lab and two children inside the vehicle.

About 9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18, Michigan State Police troopers with the Jonesville Detachment stopped the vehicle on Carlton Street for a traffic violation, MSP Sgt. Greg Jones said. During the traffic stop, the troopers noticed the vehicle was being used to produce methamphetamine.

Hillsdale city firefighters were called to the scene because troopers feared the mobile lab could explode due to the volatile substances used to produce methamphetamine, Jones said.

The woman and the two children were evacuated from the vehicle, and a methamphetamine response team was called to the scene. The team dismantled the device, which consists of a pot to cook the methamphetamine, in the vehicle, Jones said.

The woman was arrested and lodged in the Hillsdale County Jail on charges of operating a vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance, manufacturing methamphetamine and child endangerment, Jones said. Child Protective Services was called.

The Michigan State Police urges residents who suspect someone is making methamphetamine to contact local law enforcement.

“It’s not only toxic, but highly volatile,” Jones said, adding it can not only affect the location of the methamphetamine lab, but close by areas depending how the byproduct is being disposed.

The troopers were assisted by the Michigan State Methamphetamine Response Team, Hillsdale Police and the Hillsdale Fire Department.