Two chemistry professors face a strange charge of making a drug in a Arkansas state laboratory, the Washington Post reported.
Professor Terry David Batman, 45, and Bradley Allen Rowland, 40, who are studying chemistry at Arkansas’s Henderson State University, were arrested last Friday, the source said.
He said they face charges of making methamphetamine and using drugs to use drugs.
Methamphetamine is a stimulant that has an effect on the mind, can induce ecstatic mania, and lead to addiction.The police statement revealed that the two professors are currently under investigation, after the head of the university police was also heard.
The incident was discovered after reports of an “undetermined” chemical odor at the university’s scientific center.
“The safety of our students, faculty and staff is a top priority, and we continue to cooperate with the authorities,” the university said.
The methamphetamine industry is a felony with imprisonment for up to 40 years, and conviction for drug use could mean up to 20 years in prison.