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A New Jersey police officer was arrested after a meth lab was found inside his home, prosecutors said.
Police discovered the meth lab in the man s basement after responding to a domestic disturbance call at his home Saturday evening, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor s Office.
Officer Christopher Walls, who had been serving on the police force for 19 years, was arrested Sunday and suspended without pay.
A New Jersey State Police hazmat team found instruments and ingredients needed to make methamphetamine in Wall s basement and in a shed located on the property, prosecutors said. Police found meth residue and books about making methamphetamine, explosives and poison on the property as well.