Evacuation as police deal with P-lab

A number of people were evacuated or ordered to stay inside as police tried to clean up a clandestine drug laboratory on Auckland's North Shore this morning.

Several roads were blocked off as police and the fire service found the laboratory, which was believed to be inside a van.

A police communications centre spokesman said precautions were being taken as police were dealing with a chemical clearance.

Clandestine laboratories manufacturing methamphetamine, or P, have proved dangerous in the past.

- NZPA