Area evacuated as SC police probe meth materials

SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A shopping center and nearby roads on the Grand Strand were evacuated for several hours after authorities checked out a car carrying chemicals used for making methamphetamines.

The shopping center along U.S. 17 bypass in Surfside Beach was evacuated Thursday afternoon as police investigated. Police had been called about a report of shoplifting at one of the stores in the shopping center.

They later found the chemicals in the car and cleared the shopping center and nearby roads for about two hours. Two men and two women were arrested.