The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has uncovered a multi-billion-naira clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Oyo State and arrested five suspects, including a Mexican national allegedly recruited to provide technical expertise for the illicit operation.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), disclosed this on Wednesday during a press briefing in Abuja, describing the discovery as a major breakthrough in the agency’s ongoing campaign against drug trafficking and production syndicates.
Represented by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, Marwa said the laboratory, located deep inside a forest in Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, was raided on June 17 following actionable intelligence.
He said, “Today, we are proud to announce that our operatives, acting on zero-sharp, credible intelligence, have struck another decisive blow deeper into the heart of yet another cartel.
“Tactical operatives of the NDLEA stormed the highly fortified industrial-scale clandestine
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