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Nigeria Arrests Mexican National After Anti-Drug Agency Raids Industrial-Scale Meth Laboratory
- On August 19, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arrested Mexican national Arturo Carrera Loaiza at Lagos airport while attempting to flee Nigeria after operatives dismantled an industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory in Ebonyi State.
- The breakthrough followed months of investigation into a wider criminal network, with Loaiza linked to recruiting methamphetamine expert Jose Villa Ochoa for operations in Oyo State; earlier in May, operatives arrested three Mexican nationals and seven Nigerian collaborators at a forest hideout in Ogun State.
- CCTV footage from August 21 captured chemicals and laboratory equipment being relocated from the property at about 9 p.m., with John Samuel Ivo Okike directing the operation; seizures included 442.8kg of acetone, 37.1kg of toluene, 31.5kg of hydrochloric acid, 200kg of P2B and 1kg of tartaric acid.
- NDLEA Chairman Buba Marwa, a retired brigadier general, declared that "Nigeria will not be allowed to become a haven for transnational drug cartels," as the agency charged 10 people over alleged production of 2,419.48kg of methamphetamine and vowed to pursue all financiers and enablers.
- West and Central Africa have emerged as a global drug trafficking hotspot due to porous borders and corruption, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, while synthetic methamphetamine's portability enables cartels to establish operations anywhere with the right chemicals and expertise.
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Nigerian authorities shut down an industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory and arrested a Mexican citizen at the airport.
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Nigeria arrests Mexican national after anti-drug agency raids industrial-scale meth laboratory
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria have shut down an industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory and arrested a Mexican citizen at Lagos airport, the country's anti-drug agency said on Tuesday.
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NDLEA arrests Mexican meth kingpin at Lagos airport, dismantles Ebonyi lab
The NDLEA has arrested a Mexican meth kingpin, Arturo Carrera Loaiza, at the Lagos airport and dismantled a related industrial-scale laboratory in Ebonyi S Read More: https://punchng.com/ndlea-arrests-mexican-meth-kingpin-at-lagos-airport-dismantles-ebonyi-lab/
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