Orange County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested an Orlando woman after her friends told officials she was making methamphetamine in their room at an International Drive-area hotel.Deputies arrested 34-year-old Monique Allen, who they said was operating a "one-pot" meth lab inside a room at the Ramada Inn on Jamaican Court.According to the hotel manager, the women checked into the hotel around 2 a.m., and authorities were called to the hotel a little before 3 a.m. because of a strange odor.Allen's two friends told deputies that when Allen allegedly started making methamphetamine, they left the room and called the front desk to report their friend.When authorities arrived at the hotel, they began evacuating a few of the rooms near where the smell was located. Guests in at least four rooms were evacuated, but hotel management moved them to other rooms."This is a very serious event. If could be catastrophic if there was an explosion. The exposures could be deadly, so we don't take them lightly," said Orange County Sheriff's Office Capt. Gil McDaniel.Most watched video: MH370 satellite data made publicThe Orange County hazmat team and Orange County Sheriff's Department clandestine lab team dismantled the meth lab.Allen was booked into the Orange County Jail on charges of possession of a listed chemical and attempted manufacture of a methamphetamine.14277264

Orange County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested an Orlando woman after her friends told officials she was making methamphetamine in their room at an International Drive-area hotel.

Deputies arrested 34-year-old Monique Allen, who they said was operating a "one-pot" meth lab inside a room at the Ramada Inn on Jamaican Court.


According to the hotel manager, the women checked into the hotel around 2 a.m., and authorities were called to the hotel a little before 3 a.m. because of a strange odor.

Allen's two friends told deputies that when Allen allegedly started making methamphetamine, they left the room and called the front desk to report their friend.

When authorities arrived at the hotel, they began evacuating a few of the rooms near where the smell was located. Guests in at least four rooms were evacuated, but hotel management moved them to other rooms.

"This is a very serious event. If could be catastrophic if there was an explosion. The exposures could be deadly, so we don't take them lightly," said Orange County Sheriff's Office Capt. Gil McDaniel.

Most watched video: MH370 satellite data made public

The Orange County hazmat team and Orange County Sheriff's Department clandestine lab team dismantled the meth lab.

Allen was booked into the Orange County Jail on charges of possession of a listed chemical and attempted manufacture of a methamphetamine.