STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING METH LAB IN SMICKSBURG By Hometown2 State police are investigating a Smicksburg man suspected of manufacturing methamphetamine. Police say they were dispatched at 2:00 PM on Wednesday to 49 Hardship Drive in Smicksburg after receiving a lead from the county’s Probation Department Officers who called for assistance. When they got there, troopers found several items in the home that were consistent with the manufacturing of meth. State Police’s Clandestine Laboratory Response Team was activated to process, inventory and collect the contraband materials. Troopers also called in the Hazardous Device and Explosives team as they found a home-made firecracker-type explosive, which was removed from the house without incident.