3 Men Accused Of Running Meth Lab In Burlington Hotel Room

BURLINGTON (CBS/AP) — A man wearing a gas mask and another carrying a container of paint thinner tipped police off to a possible methamphetamine manufacturing lab in a Burlington hotel.

Three suspects are scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Woburn District Court.

Police began investigating after employees at the Sonesta ES Suites hotel on Old Concord Road noticed the suspicious behavior, which included a man with an ankle bracelet, a foul odor emanating from a room, and an unusual amount of people coming and going from the room.

The men were arrested Friday after police executed a search warrant and found a large amount of methamphetamine inside the room, and plastic bags over the smoke detectors.

The suspects were identified as 24-year-old Eric Somwick and 52-year-old Tony Pickard, both from Manchester, New Hampshire; and 32-year-old Dustin Robert Beliveau of Burlington.

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