2:00 p.m. update: Olson forwarded the email to all Georgetown students.

Original post: In an email sent at 1:30 p.m., Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson updated Harbin Hall residents about this morning’s evacuation and the methamphetamine lab discovered on the ninth floor.

“Thank you for your patience as we experience an unexpected disruption in your residence hall today,” Olson wrote in the email. “Local law enforcement authorities remain in charge of the situation and are informing our actions. We are now awaiting the arrival of a team from the Drug Enforcement Agency, which could include hazardous materials experts, to further address the situation.”

Olson added that students will not be allowed to re-enter the dormitory until the “all clear sign” is given. The University plans to provide updates to the entire Georgetown community later today.

“We recognize that this is causing inconveniences and have made arrangements for you to access Lauinger Library and Leo’s without your GOCard if needed.”

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3:15 p.m. update: According to the Washington Post, two students and one “campus visitor” were arrested earlier today in response to the drug lab found in Harbin Hall. The Post spoke with Piringer, who provided more details about the lab itself.

“They did have some heating equipment. They did have a ventilation system,” he said, adding that officers found “a variety of chemicals” inside the dorm room.

1:49 p.m. update: The drug lab found in Harbin Hall did not produce methamphetamine, according to campus officials who spoke with ABC 7, who passed the information along to DCFD. Allegedly, the lab was meant to produce dimethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic drug.

12:40 p.m. update: According to MPD officer Hugh Carew, the three students “persons of interest” MPD detained were arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Ellen Thein, a freshman who DPS escorted back into Harbin to get her inhaler, said that DPS will escort residents into the building one at a time if they have critical needs. These include medication or the need to accommodate travel plans.

“They said, ‘You’d better change your pants,’” Thein said, adding that she figured this meant that Harbin Hall will remain evacuated for some time.

She grabbed a pair of pants for her roommate, Charlotte Kelly (COL ’14), who was not allowed back into the building.

“They won’t tell us much, so I’ve been getting all my information from the Internet or news,” Kelly said. “I would really like to brush my teeth.”

12:15 p.m. update: MPD Sergeant Raul Mendez confirms that three students were detained.

Original post: The early-morning evacuation of Harbin Hall was a response to the discovery of methamphetamine lab on the ninth floor of the dormitory, as earlier rumors alleged.

According to the Washington Post, the Department of Public Safety discovered the lab at approximately 5 a.m. while responding to a report of “strange odors” from a ninth-room floor in the dormitory.

After the jump, MPD finds chemicals for drug production, but no drugs, and fire alarms fail to sound when activated.

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