Nigeria busts meth cartel in largest seizure, arrests kingpin
The agency arrested 10 suspects and recovered methamphetamine worth $362.9 million after months of intelligence gathering, officials said.
- Nigeria’s anti-drug agency said it dismantled a major methamphetamine syndicate in the country’s largest seizure of its kind.
- Authorities seized drugs and chemical materials worth about $363 million during coordinated raids in Ogun and Lagos states.
- The operation uncovered an industrial-scale clandestine laboratory along with 2.4 tons of methamphetamine and related chemicals.
- Ten suspects were arrested, including three Mexican nationals, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
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Washington Top NewsNigeria’s anti-drug agency shut down large meth laboratory in a raid
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's anti-drug agency said it has busted a transnational organized drug syndicate involving Nigerians and Mexicans in the southwestern region of the country.
Nigeria: NDLEA Uncovers 'Largest' Meth Lab in Nigeria, Arrests Three Mexicans, Nigerians
The operation, carried out by operatives of its Special Operations Unit (SOU), led to the discovery of an industrial-scale methamphetamine production facility hidden inside a forest in Ijebu area of Ogun State.
Nigeria busts meth cartel in largest seizure, arrests kingpin
Nigeria's anti-drug agency said it had dismantled a methamphetamine syndicate in the largest seizure of its kind in the country, seizing drugs and chemicals worth about $363 million and arresting 10 suspects, including three Mexicans.
What seemed like one more counter-narcotics operation in Africa ended with an unexpected finding: among those arrested during the dismantling of which is considered the largest methamphetamine laboratory in Africa discovered so far in Nigeria, were three Mexican citizens.An elite group of the National Drug Control Agency of Nigeria (NDLEA) reported on Wednesday that it dismantled a clandestine complex installed in a wooded area of the state of O…
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