Hazmat Honey Oil Operation Found in Probationer's Anaheim Residence

ANAHEIM, CA — While Anaheim Police Department Officers checked on probation compliance of a suspect today they discovered everything but.

The suspect's Figwood Lane residence contained a lab that was being used to extract a chemical from marijuana leaves.

The residence, at the 2000 block of East Figwood Lane, was operating a butane honey oil lab according to police Sgt. Daron Wyatt.

Anaheim officers "found a small but operating BHO (butane honey oil) lab in one of the bedrooms with an extraction in progress," Wyatt said.

Hazardous materials experts were sent in, and about 12 to 15 residents in six neighboring condominiums had to be evacuated, Wyatt said.

The suspect was identified as Brandon Murphy, 24, of Anaheim, Wyatt said.

Earlier this month, police in Huntington Beach arrested a man in connection with a Jan. 20 explosion in a garage in the 2000 block of West Blue Violet Court where honey oil extractions were being done.

City News Service Contributed to this report. Photos, courtesy Anaheim Police Department