NDLEA arraigns drug baron, three Mexican nationals over illicit drugs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arraigned an alleged cause kingpin, Anochili Innocent, 3 Mexican nationals and six different Nigerians earlier a Federal High Court sitting successful Lagos implicit the cognition of a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory successful Mowe Forest, Ogun State.

The defendants look an 11-count charge, including conspiracy, operating a cause trafficking organisation, unlawful accumulation of 2,419.48kg of methamphetamine valued astatine implicit N480 billion, and possession of ample quantities of precursor chemicals.

The NDLEA arrested the suspects during a coordinated operations successful Ogun and Lagos betwixt 16 and 18 May 2026.

The alleged kingpin was arrested astatine his residence successful Lakowe, Lekki, portion different members of the syndicate, including the 3 Mexican nationals, were arrested astatine the hidden laboratory successful Ogun State.

All defendants pleaded not blameworthy earlier Justice Musa Kakaki.

The tribunal ordered their remand astatine the Lagos Correctional Centre and adjourned the lawsuit to 16 and 22 July 2026 for proceedings and proceeding of their bail applications.

Reacting to their apprehension and arraignment, NDLEA Chairman, Mohamed Marwa, said the lawsuit was 1 of the agency’s biggest breakthroughs against industrial-scale cause manufacturing, informing that Nigeria volition not go a basal for interna...