NDLEA Arraigns Drug Baron, Three Mexican Nationals over Illicit Drugs
The defendants are accused of producing 2.4 tonnes of methamphetamine and holding precursor chemicals worth more than N480 billion, the agency said.
- On Friday, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arraigned 10 suspects, including three Mexican nationals, before a Federal High Court in Lagos for operating a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Ogun State.
- Coordinated raids in Lagos and neighbouring Ogun State between May 16 and 18 led to the arrests, with the alleged kingpin Anochili Innocent apprehended at his residence in Lakowe, Lekki.
- Defendants face an 11-count charge including conspiracy and production of 2,419kg of methamphetamine; seized drugs and precursor chemicals hold an estimated value of $363 million.
- Justice Musa Kakaki ordered the defendants remanded at the Lagos Correctional Centre after all pleaded not guilty, adjourning the case to July 16 and 22 for trial and bail hearings.
- NDLEA Chairman Mohamed Marwa termed the bust one of the agency's biggest breakthroughs against "industrial-scale drug manufacturing," warning that Nigeria will not become a base for international drug cartels.
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NDLEA arraigns drug baron, three Mexican nationals over illicit drugs
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arraigned an alleged drug kingpin, Anochili Innocent, three Mexican nationals and six other Nigerians before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over the operation of a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Mowe Forest, Ogun State. The defendants face an 11-count charge, including conspiracy, operating a drug trafficking […] NDLEA arraigns drug baron, three Mexican nationals over illicit…
NDLEA arraigns alleged drug baron, 3 Mexicans, 6 others; suspects remanded
A 63-year-old drug baron, Anochili Innocent, three Mexican nationals and six other Nigerians have been arraigned before Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on an 11-count criminal charge bordering on the setting up of a super clandestine laboratory and the production of 2,419.48 kilograms of methamphetamine worth over Four Hundred and Eighty Billion Naira in the international market at Mowe village, Ijebu East Local Government …
Hidden 480Bln Meth Lab: NDLEA Arraigns Alleged International Syndicate in Court
By Omoyeni Ojeifo In a significant blow to transnational drug trafficking, the NDLEA has officially arraigned 10 suspects tied to a major international methamphetamine network. The legal action offers a glimmer of justice to the countless individuals and families impacted by the destructive drug. The suspects were brought before Justice Musa Kakaki at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday, following targeted enforcement operations in Lagos a…
NDLEA arraigns drug baron Anochili, three Mexicans, six others, remanded in prison
Over N480 billion super clandestine lab, methamphetamine found in Ogun forest A 63-year-old drug baron, Anochili Innocent, three Mexican nationals and six other Nigerians have been arraigned before Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on an 11-count criminal charge bordering on the setting up of a super clandestine laboratory and the production … The post NDLEA arraigns drug baron Anochili, three Mexicans, six others, remanded i…
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