Police are on the scene right now of a drug lab in Blacksburg.

Officers say they searched the home on Progress Street this morning after a drug investigation by the New River Regional Drug Task Force.

The task force says they believe dimethyltryptamine, a psychedelic compound, was being made in the home.

The home was evacuated when officers found the lab and the HazMat team was called in.

Officers plan to be on scene for the next few hours.

Here is the news release from the Blacksburg Police Department: