Car Parked at Gas Pump with Unresponsive Driver Had Methamphetamine Cooking in Back Seat

According to police, a car parked at a gas pump with an unresponsive driver had methamphetamine cooking in the back seat.

The Daily News Journal reports an employee at a gas station in Murfreesboro, Tn called police because the car was sitting at the pump for about an hour on New Year’s Day.

Police said a chemical process to make meth was in progress in the back seat of the car. Some ingredients used to make methamphetamine can be explosive.

The gas pumps were shut off as a precaution.

Nathan E. Beasley, 31, is being held on a $15,000 bond on charges of driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license, reckless endangerment and manufacturing meth.

Murfreesboro, where the car with methamphetamine cooking  in the back seat was found, is about 30 miles southeast of Nashville.