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| One of the Mexican suspects |
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) recently discovered a super laboratory for the illicit production of methamphetamine located at Asaba, Delta State. This super methamphetamine laboratory similar to the ones found in Mexico is the first to be discovered in the country. The laboratory has a capacity of producing between 3,000kg to 4,000kg of methamphetamine per production cycle. All the principal actors linked to the illicit act were apprehended in a simultaneous raid on members of the drug syndicate in Lagos, Obosi in Anambra state, and at the laboratory in Asaba, Delta state.
According to a press release on
NDLEA’s website, those arrested include 5 Nigerians believed to be joint owners of the laboratory and 4 Mexicans who are methamphetamine production experts hired as technical partners into the country. The NDLEA boss Colonel Muhammad Mustapher Abdallah (retd.) gave the names of the suspects are
Chibi Aruh, Izuchukwu Anieto, William Ejike Agusi, Umolu Kosisochukwu, and Umolu Ckukwemeka. Others are Cervantos Madrid Jose Bruno, Rivas Ruiz Pastiano, Castillo Barraza Cristobaland Partida Gonzalez Pedro.
