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State Fights Ammonia Thefts

Macomb, IL – Illinois now has a $1.5 million grant program to help dealers and farmers combat the theft of anhydrous ammonia. The fertilizer is essential to making one form of illegal methamphetamine. Martin Green of the Illinois Attorney General's office says the state will reimburse two-thirds of the cost of security measures. These could include locks for tanks, security cameras or other theft-prevention measures. Green says the program is focused on western and central Illinois, where more of the ammonia is used and where the "nurse tanks" are often left in the fields overnight.