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MDMA Superlabs with Pictures (Follow on from Posters to make you stop taking E)

I did some reading on Casey Hardison since I never heard of him. What an interesting guy :D and wow he has a nice collection of psychedelics in those pictures, not to mention the lab itself
 
I wish I could see those Casey Hardison labs pics but I don't use facebook and they aren't public pics
 
Another round of Super Labs :) :) and LAB PORN.

As always source unknown having a clean up on my hard drive and found this lot. Some gem pics once again another operation I would describe as SUPER LAB. As always looks like a dutch lab give away the cop with the big bags of pills ;)

From memory the capacity of this lab was several 1000 kg per week.

This is a VERY LARGE scale operation likely supplying large elements of Europe and beyond. This is beyond the usual gang of muppets from amsterdam making a few $$ this is clearly major organised crime with a team of real chemists behind it all. Looking at the equipment and the layout I would assume this would be the type of operation making the high quality pills often witnessed during the SILK ROAD boom.

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^^ Table of Lab Chemicals, Reagents etc. Air extraction tube, distant right reaction vessel, blue propylene containers, far left reaction vessel 2 + various gas bottles. I like the fire extinguiser in this pic OMG even clan labs use Health & Safety!! LOL

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^^ Close up of reaction vessel 2. Note the red power connector this is a European standard IP (meaning splash proof) rated connector. The red indicates 3 phase power so the stirring/heating capabilities of this reactor will be vast. The panel on the front looks like some kind of consumer unit so it may have multiple power feeds feeding stirrers, pumps, heaters etc

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^^ Looks like the main reaction vessel OMG look at this bad boy. From a distance looks like it has all the conveniences a budding MDMA chemist would need :) One of the lab owners likes LIPTON tea :)

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^^ Unit in the middle looks like some kind of high pressure vessel or condensor but unsure. Might be for gassing?? Unit on the right again unsure maybe a stirrer or mixer of some kind.

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^^ reactor

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^^ Gas inlet/outlet valves with gauges, vacuum pressure, temperature etc.

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^^ Temperature gauge oC

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^^ sorry cant see what this is (might be pressure?)

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^^ same as before different angle

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^^ Chemicals

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Rather large delivery of GAS bottles. Look at the twin axle trailer this will be HEAVY!!

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Not sure whats happening here. Propane fed heating element. Reaction unsure?

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Text book modified beer barrel / keg to do something dodgy LOL Another fire extinguisher wow these guys really do care about Health & Safety. Lets hope the same care went into making the pills.
 
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And now the bit everyone likes to see...

THE PRODUCT.. OUTPUT FROM LAB

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I dont think any type of description is needed here :D

Bet you wished you found one of these bags washed up on the beach??

I sometimes wonder if your involved in this type of operation how long do you operate before you decide to quit cause clearly if you get caught inside this place by the cops its not going to end well.

I also wonder what people get paid. i wonder what the going rate is for a lab hand in a place like this??
 
2015 Update of the Super Labs :)

Pictures and my interpretations of what we are looking at.

What I am starting to realize is there is a lot of similarities from one Super Lab to another. As always you see the IBC Water Tanks, Polypropylene Tanks, Gas Cylinders, Some kind of Home Made Industrial Condenser and usually very oldskool looking reaction vessels. This one doesnt seem to have the modded beer kegs but thats also seems to be a favourite amongst these lab makers.

Reading one of the few and far between MDMA manufacturing guides "Total Synthesis" by Strike there is a lot of time in the book explaining that most of what needs to be done does not require glassware but infact can be done without the visual benefits of glassware but just utilising plastics or metals depending on the type of reaction required and choosing carefully the relevant reaction vessel material ensuring it does not react with the specific reaction.

Perhaps this is why we see x2 deck chairs purched infront of a reaction? LOL

If I actually think about it although one would assume this kind of place is loaded with excitement and crazyness, in reality I suspect once mastered the techniques its fairly mundane. Hence the comfy deck chairs.. LOL

Enjoy the eye candy. Comments, criticism, discusion welcomed :)

If you feel one of my descriptions is inaccurate in anyway just page me and ill fix it ;)

ENJOY xx

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^^ Condensor, Reactor. Looking at this in comparison to the rest of the lab it looks fairly small scale. This is probably an area where they are isolating something for the main reactor. Just a thought?

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^^ Usual array of gas tanks, chemicals, fire extinguisher. I see a small electrical device on the floor im not 100% sure what that is. It may just be a storage area and be a small vacuum pump or blower for something.

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^^ this pic makes me laugh :D two deck chairs to watch the MDMA show LOL. I think the idea here is this process takes some time and needs to be monitored. Ie pressure, temperature etc. Particularly with these older reactors that I guess you have to buy to keep the radars low. The newer kit is pretty much a case of program in what you want, hit start, leave come back. Although dont fancie your chances buying one of these at your local chem supplies for cash ;)

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^^ Bigger condensor here! The yellow pipes are of course the water IN & OUT to keep the condensor nice and cold. In the background im seeing some fairly sizey air extraction I would assume the smell in here at times is crazy!

Im not sure of the roll of the gas tanks in this picture. I thought heating but i suspect this is probably done with the electrical supply.

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^^ Nice rural location for the lab to hopefully keep the heat AWAY. Unfortunately it didn't work in this case :(

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^^ Not seen this kind of configuration before. I can see blue single phase connectors distributed to each point. Unfortunately the camera man didnt go up to see what the supply connects too. Would this be a vacuum source of some kind?

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^^ Big pile of salts here. See how they are on pallets so on the basis the lab is in an industrial / farm unit I suspect there is a fork lift at near by call :)

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^^ The mandatory IBC 1000 Litre Water Tank. Ideal for Industrial E Labs as cheap, under the radar, ideal for half done reactions easy to move, forkliftable, have tap already included and can take an element of nasty chemicals (to a point!). No elab should be without one!

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^^ x2 Pretty Large Sep Funnels + IBCs. I suspect these are used to sep out the contents from the IBCs. I see also various sample jugs, funnels, towels, ladel setup which would point me in this thought process.

Wow it looks pretty clean all in white!

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^^ This looks pretty interesting too! Clearly a condensor for something.. I see a half built skeletal industrial shelf for housing of various control gear.

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^^ Full shot of the lab. Feds in the background doing the usual and documenting everything to make a case against the lab owner.

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^^ Who needs glassware if you can weld like this!!

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^^ Decent air extraction any of the big labs always have this!! Ignore this at your peril..

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^^ A very oldskool reactor. Looks like something you might pickup from a surplus supplier mmm..

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^^ The party on the deck chairs is over :( The lab owner being led away by the heat..

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^^ Wow looks like some quality product here.. As you can see not a pill in site. Who ever set this up I reckon knew the real deal.. Why waste time making pills when you can leave that to the middle man monkeys..

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^^ As you can see a well run MDMA Superlab can certainly allow you a lifestyle of smart cars, strippers and partying. I guess the only question is for how long??

The Superlab Story Continues.. watch this space.

OMG this thread has had some traffic!!
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIkJcdx7b0

new bbc documentary...quite interesting

That video seems to have some serious glitches, I see red ghosting everywhere.

They had a whole section in it about InSite in Vancouver which is all about heroin not ecstasy. I guess they decided that a video of someone shooting up in their neck was too good to passup for a drug documentary. The lab bust that they went to certainly seemed to be pretty large though, the reaction vessels were serious business.
 
hello folks

Omg another few months of life blast us by and here we are almost coming to the end of 2015 so thought it time for another round of Super Labs!!

As always theres been a host of busts and once again we head to europe for the "serious lab scene". Seems the Fuzz are doing a good job in the USA right now as all I ever seem to hear about over there atm is Meth Labs. Perhaps there is an MDMA Superlab rolling over there somewhere but right now it seems the HEAT are doing a good job of keeping the MDMA labs at bay.

I think one of the main success stories both over in the USA and Aussie is the heat have targeted their focus on the Precursor Line of Attack which of course the theory goes > if you don't have the flour to make a cake you cant bake it! so as of now it seems this method of madness is working.

Anyway nothing stays the same so watch this space. Of course if you here of anything get uploading or send me the pics or the links. A USA MDMA Superlab bust would be a fascinating MUST SEE experience. So far we have only seen what i would describe as relatively small considering the HUGE demand!

This particular operation definitely falls into the category of "Super Lab" :) as to how super! you be the judge. The end product certainly looks pretty super ;)

As always my interpretation of what I think is going on but as ever if you feel anything is inaccurate drop a comment and we can get it rectified.

This particular lab was busted in Eindoven in Holland and officials claim its one of the largest and most professional ever seen. I have heard rumours this might have been the source of the original and so often discussed "Defqon Dance" but rumour being the operative word. In reality we can only speculate.

Not sure if its the largest but certainly falls into the "Super Lab" category in my opinion.

What is the Bluelight definition of Superlab btw? mmm this presents us with an interesting question. I guess its a lab that is operating on an industrial scale. The word "industrial" is kinda open to interpretation.

Some of the previous labs featured in this thread I would probably say are more mom and pop style often demonstrated in the chaos and messy working conditions. I think there is also a great temptation to "Get High on Your Own Supply" and unfortunately as fun as it might be conducting Reflux, Seperations, Reactions etc whilst "Rollin Balls" is probably not conducive to precision chemistry if you catch my drift.. Hence the chaos often witnessed.

This particular lab what interests me most about it are the working conditions. Whilst of course not pharma grade we have to focus our attention on the subtle details such as: why paint the walls white, dark grey colour lines bands etc? why have all your heating mantles lined up to almost mm perfection? why colour code all your pipe work so you can see at a glance vacuum, water drives, gas lines etc?

it would appear the individuals involved in this setup knew exactly what they were doing, certainly were not victims of their own supply and hence why the local HEAT branded this one as seriously "professional".

It still lends the question however, why this level of neatness? If it were me cooking on this level how would I wish to spend my time? painting the walls white and insuring all the pipes were correctly colour coded or get cooking making most of the $$ before I get junked in the slammer.

this is so often what we see, OSB board for the walls, nasty plastic sheets everywhere, large operation but a MESS. this place is far from it. WHY? maybe a perfectionist. All questions that spring to my mind..

Anyway enough jibber jabber lets get the Lab Porn ON!

Looks like this lab decided to setup shop under the guise of a "CAR SPRAY SHOP" interesting idea. Think of a business where by you could "legitimise" obnoxious smells, weird motor sounds, Mega Air Extraction, lots of vehicles in and out etc. The give away is the tableting room. Look at all the Fluro Lights and their positioning this has all the hallmarks of a spray shop to me ;) It would certainly be bright in their!


ENJOY..

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^^ The classic "Superlab Store Cupboard/Closet". AKA the Chest freezer! Nothing better than for an unfinshed reaction or sensitive to room temp reaction than the sub zero chest freezer. As we can see the heat opened this thing up hoping to find a hidden supply of frozen donuts but instead being greeted by a semi completed brown sludge of MD-P2P YUK :(

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^^ Here we have a selection of dye close ups. this is more a mixed collection as opposed to this particular lab just so you can get an idea of how the "facebook", mcdonalds, transformers and all the other classics are put into reality. OMG we even have the classic triangular mitsi ahhh the 90s those were the days.

Unfortunately the chinese have cottoned onto this demand now so the days of identifying a pills by a very special "custom dye" are long gone. however, if you are involved on the forensic aspect of research the "dye" has a footprint just like a bullet so you can link a particular pill to a particular dye. However, for the average raver in the middle of a field unfortunately access to an electron microscope and country wide SQL database is not really a reality. so back to eating humble pie and out comes the ecstasy test kit im afraid :(

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^^ more dies

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^^ This particular labs die collection. As you can see carefully situated in a mechanics tool chest. Looking carefully at the chest its even a good quality bearing one!! omg these guys were perfectionists all right. i wish we could gander closer at those dyes. i wonder if we would see the DEFQON dance in there?

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^^ Classic Distillation setup. The only difference is this kit is Stainless and MASSIVE! The still head and condensor looks the size of the average baseball bat. Maybe even a softball bat! LOL.

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^^ Heating mantles and temperature controllers. Look how neat it all is! Anyone have any ideas on what the orange line is doing on the back wall? seems to be connected to come kind of glassware with a kind of link system. I thought maybe some type of vacuum source but seems a strange way to do it as you would lose vacuum pressure. suggestions on this appreciated as this one puzzles me??

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^^ A serious & PROPER! tabletting machine. This was not purchased on ebay! and NOT made in CHINA!

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^^ A collection of pills. Looks like single KG bags..

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^^ Various denominations of weighted product. Usually in Europe 1KG, 2KG, 3KG etc. I guess for export to the USA they might weigh up lbs too!

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^^ The heat wheel away the King Reactor out the roller shutter doors. Even the dutch fuzz were impressed with this one! Look at the size of the Still head on this baby! Looks like a large Horn. Claims are > The most professional lab to date 2015.. Mmm you be the judge.

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More Reactors. 3 Phase Cable denominated in RED big power needed!, pressure / temp gauges. Big pile chemicals + fluro lighting. Fluro lighting gives off a very efficient high light output which is a NON shadowey light ideal for an MDMA Superlab. The only issue is the lights need a ballast to strike which can cause an ignition source so often the lab owner will switch all the lights on before starting reactions with risky flash points.

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^^ A big reflux setup. Note the little White stools for monitoring reactions. Gees and you thought owning a MDMA Superlab was just chicks parties and $$ think again my friend. Fancie a wekeend sat on these two stools in this vape of obnoxious gases?

Water lines in green, gas lines in orange, power lines in black and air extraction in white. Neat work! Note also how the condensors are wrapped in an insulator to maintain a more stable temperature. I would guess the black pipe might be carrying some kind of drainage. It seems to have a burp pipe in the corner? not sure.

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^^ Tabletting room. Once a car spray shop but now the final process of the super lab. Neat idea for deception as a car body shop. Although unfortunately in the end the guise of a car body shop didn't quite fool the heat hence why we have the privilege of viewing this lot.

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^^ Vacuum Sealed MDMA crystal. Does it get any better than this?

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^^ The kind of lifestyle to look forward to prior to being marched off to the local Slammer. I would assume a few splendid nights were had out in Amsterdam prior to being greeted by the Party Pooper Dutch Heat one morning :(



The heat describe this operation as one of the most professional they have seen. and to add... this comment was made by the heat in HOLLAND!! the world suppliers.. if the heat in holland say its professional then maybe we should listen..


Happy Christmas Everyone!! its coming soon now december almost here and great times to all for 2016. :) :) :) lets hope the labs get EVEN more SUPER!!

I have had a gut ton of messages from various people who are unfortunately on the not so nice side of all this so my general message is I wont respond to PMs as it becomes a one2one but I will respond to threads. Just start one and post me the link. Theory being if i can help x1 and post it up we might help another 100.

No PM questions about sourcing chemistry etc please. I get a few and sorry what ever your deal this is not my game.

This is just a lab porn pictorial and needs to remain compliant with the BL rules you have been warned folks :)

Stay safe over the holidays.. FUTURA xx

All comments and feedback on this thread massively appreciated.
 
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Always love your posts.
I would say that a "superlab" uses multiple 22l rb flasks in series at a minimum, with most operating with enclosed non-glass reaction vessels. What you've been posting are superlabs for sure. As far as those orange lines, all I can think of is that they are just sections of rubber tubing that are used to secure the condensers in place when those flasks are operational. Couldn't be vacuum lines.
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"I would say that a "superlab" uses multiple 22l rb flasks in series at a minimum, with most operating with enclosed non-glass reaction vessels. "

Thats an interesting definition junglejuice :)

I think the transformation from glass to Teflon Coated Stainless (or equiviliant) is a definite sign of Industrial aka "Super" Status. Good call!

Im interested however on your 22 litre threshold is this because we are getting into "specialist" glassware or just because its a monster container! ?

Either way its an interesting idea my general plan with this thread is to keep it fairly light hearted so I think this is a good starting point for "Superlab" Status.

Im still desperate to see a USA one but as of yet never to be seen. There was one from Canada earlier back in the thread but so far only mom and pop stuff.

I guess this is a job for the mexicans? although again with that crew I only ever seem to see MEGA METH labs never MDMA. Im sure one will appear some time soon. Maybe its too much hassle for them? perhaps not enough money in it vs coke and meth dunno?
 
Really wish I could see the pills better but great set none the less.
I'm extremely curious if someone so neat as this started that way or has just been in the game a long time and perfected his trade??

Also Any chance on a link to the article I tried searching but had no luck??
 
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Thats an interesting definition junglejuice :)

I think the transformation from glass to Teflon Coated Stainless (or equiviliant) is a definite sign of Industrial aka "Super" Status. Good call!

Im interested however on your 22 litre threshold is this because we are getting into "specialist" glassware or just because its a monster container! ?

Well...the U.S. generally (legally) defines a superlab as being able to produce 10lbs of meth(ylenedioxymethamphetamine) in a shot, and a 22l can do that from what I understand. 22's are commonly found in Mexican superlabs, whether they are run in Mexico or the U.S. You wanna see some crazy stuff, google image search "narcolaboratorio". Those are the big boys down in Michoacan, Sinaloa, Nayarit, etc. Mind boggling capacity.

Here's the exact type of lab I'm referring to:
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Article here, but in Spanish

Another lab...
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