NDLEA dismantles Nigerian-Mexican drug cartel, arraigns kingpins [VIDEO]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has dismantled a Nigerian-Mexican cause cartel operating a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory successful the Eziama assemblage of Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State.

The NDLEA, during the cognition arrested 2 alleged kingpins – Chukwu Obumneme Christopher, alias Brown, and Chukwu Georginus Monday, alias George.

According to the agency, the syndicate was linked to Rodriguez Villanueva, a Mexican cause cartel subordinate based successful Mexico City.

It added that 2 different suspects, Uchenna, alias Uche, and Celestine Ikemefuna Iwuchukwu, are besides named successful the complaint and stay astatine large.

The bureau stated that the 2 arrested suspects were arraigned earlier Justice Mabel Taiye Segun-Bello of the Federal High Court, Enugu Judicial Division, connected a five-count complaint bordering connected conspiracy, organisation, absorption and financing of a cause trafficking organisation, arsenic good arsenic unlawful possession of methamphetamine precursor chemicals. Their proceedings has been fixed for October 21, 2026.

It further noted that the clandestine laboratory, discovered aft surveillance operations crossed Lagos, Enugu and Anambra States, was equipped with improvised reactors and distillation apparatus susceptible of producing methamphetamine successful commercialized quantities.