DOWAGIAC — A man is in police custody after members of the county drug task force discovered a methamphetamine lab at a city residence Friday, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.

Members of the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team executed a search warrant at a residence on the 700 block of North Front Street in Dowagiac, on suspicions that a meth lab was being operated at the property.

Upon searching the residence, detectives discovered a one-pot laboratory, as well as a hydrochloric gas generator and other components used to create methamphetamine. Additional drug making materials were found in the property’s garage.

Police also found methamphetamine inside the home.

A 20-year-old man was arrested in connection with the search, and was lodged at Cass County Jail on charges of manufacture of methamphetamine, operating/maintaining a methamphetamine lab, operating/maintaining a lab producing hazardous waste, operating a drug house, and possession of methamphetamine. Authorities are withholding his name prior to his arraignment in Cass County District Court.

Police are continuing to investigate the incident. People with information about this or other possible criminal activity are asked to call the Cass County Sheriff’s Office Tip Line at 1-800-462-9328, or to contact the sheriff’s office through the anonymous web tip line at ccso.info.