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Inside 'Mexican Meth Lab' Found Near Nuneaton as Five Charged
The National Crime Agency said the men were part of a crime group after officers found an active meth lab on remote farmland.
Five Mexican men charged with running a meth lab are due to appear at Warwick Crown Court today, September 10, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.
The National Crime Agency led a raid on remote farmland near Furnace End, discovering a meth lab in production with assistance from Warwickshire Police, West Midlands Fire Service, and West Midlands Ambulance Service.
Alejandro Ambriz Dimas, Victora Ramirez, Fausto Beltran, Lioncio Moso Borja, and Jose Nunez Angolo are the defendants; all except Dimas are from Culiacan, Sinaloa, while Dimas is from Michoacan.
Accused of conspiracy to produce methamphetamine, a Class A drug, the men allegedly operated as part of a crime group manufacturing the substance at the lab.
Following their August 13 arrest and initial appearance at Coventry Magistrates' Court, the five men were remanded to custody awaiting today's proceedings at Warwick Crown Court.
The suspects allegedly formed part of a crime gang manufacturing the drug on farmland near a village. National Crime Agency investigators arrested them