Something odd at Hammond Walmart

[sgt z]

I was leaving the Hammond Walmart this afternoon and noticed a guy sitting on a stool being rung up for a pallet of batteries. Then I noticed two other men at the next registers sitting on stools being rung up with a pallet of batteries each, not 12V but the C's, D's, etc. Is it just me or does this activity seem unusual?

 

[Bigchillin83]

Prob figured out a way to break it down and make dope out of it…

 

[hkump]

Cooking meth or they have a lot of old Mag lights.

 

[Mitch Dufour]

I saw this at a Lowes recently. Not entire pallets, but two guys clearing off the rack and filling a cart. I thought the same, that some one has figured out how to convert that stuff to meth.

 

[Fordfella]

No personal knowledge, but I understand from police/arrest reports that they use the lithium in batteries to cook meth.

 

[Bam Bam]

I was leaving the Hammond Walmart this afternoon and noticed a guy sitting on a stool being rung up for a pallet of batteries. Then I noticed two other men at the next registers sitting on stools being rung up with a pallet of batteries each, not 12V but the C's, D's, etc. Is it just me or does this activity seem unusual?

Nothing surprises me about things that happen at that Walmart! I won't go there. My In laws live nearby and go there and tell me things that go on there. Don't surprise me at all.

 

[sgt z]

I figured it out. They were undercover from the North Pole workin for Santa.

 

[Abby Normal]

Just a bunch of kids hot ridding their Prius.

 

[Mitch Dufour]

OK - Now I am probably on yet another list. A quick net search reveals that YES, they are now using batteries to make the stuff.

 

[cbbr]

Great, so now I will have to show my ID to buy a damn battery. Does it ever end?

 

[Mitch Dufour]

Great, so now I will have to show my ID to buy a damn battery. Does it ever end?

My girlfriend is NOT gonna be happy about that at all.

 

[MOTOR51]

I have only seen battery acid and lithium used. I don’t think they are buying those to make meth. Maybe it was those secret squirrel guys y’all always talk about buying them up before a false flag op. The people will then be dependent on the govt because there will be no more batteries. Guess next stop is my house for my free sbr.

 

[Kraut]

As plentiful as the cartel meth is, does anybody even make it at home anymore?

 

[Jstudz220]

As plentiful as the cartel meth is, does anybody even make it at home anymore?

I didn’t think cartel meth was plentiful I thought that was more so Opiates and fentanyl.

 

[GunRelated]

I didn’t think cartel meth was plentiful I thought that was more so Opiates and fentanyl.

They have their hands in all of it. If there is a demand, they will meet it. I did see a headline recently stating that the Sinaloa cartel put a bounty on anyone dealing with fentanyl in their territory.

 

[cbbr]

Too much heat to justify?

 

[Kraut]

I didn’t think cartel meth was plentiful I thought that was more so Opiates and fentanyl.

Homemade meth has decreased as the cartels have been running "superlabs," large scale operations with bulk quantity precursors that home cooks can't get and have to improvise. The cartel wealth/power/corruption makes it easy for them to obtain lab-grade chemicals in the appropriate quantities to run that market the same as cocaine and fentanyl. It's not that home cooks don't exist anymore, it's just that it's now easy enough to get on the street in most markets without having to scrape up all the supplies needed and risk blowing up your trailer.

 

[La26]

That might explain the shortage of lithium batteries I experienced recently. The WalMart in Gonzales had no lithium AA batteries. I use them in my Eotech on my patrol rifle because they won't leak and ruin the electronics. I looked on Fleabay, and found 4 AA lithium batteries for $17. OUCH !!

 

[Jstudz220]

I spoke with a buddy in DEA. He said they have been using batteries of all sorts to cook meth. He said this new meth is what they call a super meth because it’s so potent. Traditional methamphetamine would make you hallucinate from lack of sleep, and staying up several days in a row. With this super meth apparently the hallucinations begin immediately within minutes of ingestion. Scary stuff…

 

[AustinBR]

I spoke with a buddy in DEA. He said they have been using batteries of all sorts to cook meth. He said this new meth is what they call a super meth because it’s so potent. Traditional methamphetamine would make you hallucinate from lack of sleep, and staying up several days in a row. With this super meth apparently the hallucinations begin immediately within minutes of ingestion. Scary stuff…

My mind is blown that people are essentially intentionally ingesting the chemicals contained within batteries...