The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed Friday, July 24, to rule on an application by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency seeking permission to destroy a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory uncovered in a remote forest in Ogun State.
Justice Musa Kakaki fixed the date after a special court sitting held on Wednesday at the facility in Mowe village, Ijebu East Local Government Area of the state.
The NDLEA had on July 10 arraigned three Mexicans and seven Nigerians on an 11-count charge bordering on the alleged establishment and operation of the clandestine laboratory.
According to the agency, its operatives discovered equipment and chemicals allegedly used to produce 2,419.48 kilogrammes of methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of more than ₦480 billion.
The defendants are accused of manufacturing and possessing large quantities of methamphetamine, a psychotropic substance classified alongside cocaine, heroin and LSD.
The prosecution also alleged that the defendants
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