The nine suspects arrested by the NDLEA in connection with the dismantled industrial-scale meth lab in Ogun State, including members of a Nigerian drug cartel and their Mexican counterparts, following a major coordinated forest and Lagos raid.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has uncovered what it describes as Nigeria’s largest-ever industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory hidden deep inside a remote forest in Ogun State, seizing drugs and chemical precursors valued at about $362 million (approximately N480 billion).
The agency also confirmed the arrest of nine suspects, including three Mexican nationals allegedly brought in as chemical “cooks”, alongside Nigerian collaborators and a suspected cartel leader.
This comes days after 11 suspects, including four Mexican nationals, were arrested after South African police discovered drugs with an estimated street value of R100 million at a manufacturing laboratory on a farm in Swarttruggens, North West.
For years, Nigeria has been identified by international drug enforcement agencies as both a transit hub and, increasingly, a production site for illicit drugs in parts of West Africa.
