Drug lab discovered in motel room

Police yesterday discovered a methamphetamine laboratory set up in a motel room in Parnell.

Detectives and members of the armed offenders squad raided two units at the Barrycourt motel in Gladstone Rd at 7.20am after a tip-off.

Detective Sergeant Geoff Ringer said a lab set up in one of the units had been operating for several days. Police found three men in the rooms.

A man appeared in court yesterday charged with the manufacture and supply of methamphetamine.