Drug lab discovered after assault investigation in Santa Fe Springs

Two suspects were arrested Friday after police uncovered a large and complex illegal synthetic drug manufacturing lab in Santa Fe Springs, authorities said.

Whittier police officers responded at about 2:10 p.m. to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon involving a vehicle and a hit-and-run in the 9600 block of Santa Fe Springs Road. Fire personnel were already at the scene investigating a suspicious odor.

Officers soon located the suspect vehicle in the parking lot of Presbyterian Inter-Community Hospital in Whittier…

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