BUSTED! NDLEA Storms Mexican/Nigerian Secret Drug Lab In Delta State

Some of the hard drugs we thought were being smuggled into the country are actually produced here...
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered a methamphetamine laboratory run by some Mexicans and dislodged a major drug trafficking organisation in the country.


Officials of the Special Enforcement Team NDLEA discovered the illicit methamphetamine production lab in Asaba, Delta State.

Head Public Affairs of NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the “super” methamphetamine laboratory, which is similar to the ones found in Mexico, is the first to be discovered in Nigeria.

Ofoyeju quoted the Chairman/Chief Executive, NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah, as saying the laboratory has a capacity of producing between 3,000kg to 4,000kg of methamphetamine per cycle.

“A significant feature of this laboratory is that the production process is more technical and sophisticated because it uses the synthesis method of methamphetamine production.

“All the principal actors linked to this 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.”

Those arrested include four Nigerians suspected to be joint owners of the laboratory and four Mexicans who are methamphetamine production experts allegedly hired as technical partners into the country.

The suspects are Chibi Aruh, William Ejike Agusi, Umolu Kosisochukwu and Umolu Ckukwemeka.

Others are Cervantos Madrid Jose Bruno, Rivas Ruiz Pastiano, Castillo Barraza Cristobal and Partida Gonzalez Pedro.

Col. Abdallah described the operation as a technical undercover assignment leading to the dismantling of a drug trafficking organisation.

Items recovered at the laboratory included 1.5kg of finished methamphetamine and 750 liters of liquid methamphetamine.

Other items found in the laboratory included industrial pressure pots, gas cylinders, gas burners, facial masks and numerous chemicals.

Also recovered were a Toyota Tundra, a Mercedes Benz Jeep ML and a Toyota Corolla car.

The agency warned that unless drastic measures were taken against the trend, the rise of “super” laboratories would put Nigeria on the global spotlight in methamphetamine production.