HOUSTON — Federal agents and hazmat teams were conducting a raid at a building in northwest Houston Thursday morning.
Agents with the FBI and DEA along with the Texas Department of Public Safety were conducting a search at a building located in the 6100 block of West 34th Street in northwest Houston. Houston police and firefighters were also on scene with HPD’s High Hazard Clandestine Lab Team and HFD’s Hazardous Materials Team.
A law enforcement source said it was a drug investigation. The source also said 2 people have been arrested in the raid, and the incident is not terrorism-related.
Connor Hagan, public affairs officer with the FBI’s Houston office, said there is no danger to public at this time. The teams were on scene out of an abundance of caution.
Those hazmat teams typically show up during investigations involving methamphetamine or fentanyl.
“If we had any indication that it was unsafe for the public in the general area, we would be notifying them and taking appropriate actions,” Hagan said.
Investigators cleared the scene on 34th Street just after 5 p.m. Thursday. A woman who works nearby told KHOU 11 she never saw anything unusual.
“Before today, nothing,” Karla Garcia said. “It’s kinda scary, because you never know what’s going on with your neighbor.”
Hagan could not comment further on the details of the raid -- only that no arrests were made, and they are only conducting a search.
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