LIMINGTON — Sheriff’s deputies found evidence of a meth lab when arresting a Limington resident on a warrant.

York County Sheriff’s Deputies went to 2 Wenzhou Road in Limington on Thursday to arrest 44-year-old Patrick Gomes on an outstanding warrant charging him with failing to appear in court, according to Maine Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland.

Deputies saw Gomes hiding something under a bed. They arrested Gomes on the warrant and found he had been hiding a container used for making methamphetamine, said McCausland.

 Agents assigned to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s  Lab Team were called to the residence to do an initial assessment for safety reasons and the residence was secured overnight, said McCausland.

The MDEA’s lab team went back to the home on Friday and located three more containers and other evidence involved in meth making, said McCausland.

Gomes was charged with unlawful operation of a meth lab. He remains at York County Jail on $25,000 bail.

Drug agents will continue the investigation and additional arrests are expected, said McCausland.

Maine DEP also assisted in securing the evidence.