Family Unknowingly Rents Room to Meth Cook

Items in a meth lab found by police in a private residence in Santa Ana, Calif., on Nov. 17, 2020. Courtesy of the Fountain Valley Police Department

A Santa Ana family unknowingly rented a guest suite out to a man who turned it into a meth lab, police say.

The room was permanently detached from the main residence, and was inaccessible from inside the house, said Sgt. Robert Cortes.