NDLEA uncovers Mexican cartel links to methamphetamine labs in Ogun, Oyo forests

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has uncovered attempts by planetary cause cartels to found large-scale methamphetamine accumulation facilities successful forested areas of Ogun and Oyo states.

The bureau said the networks progressive person links to Mexican transgression organisations seeking to found a foothold successful Nigeria’s illicit cause market.

NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this during an interrogation on Frontline, a existent affairs programme connected Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese-Ijebu, monitored by DAILY POST.

Babafemi said the bureau had precocious detected clandestine efforts to found methamphetamine laboratories successful forests, adding that operatives were moving beyond accepted cause seizures to dismantle trafficking networks astatine their operational bases.

“We’ve seen precocious the collaboration betwixt the Nigerian-Mexican cartels trying to person methamphetamine laboratories successful the forests of Ogun and Oyo states,” helium stated.

He besides disclosed that a related cognition successful Ebonyi State had led to arrests, with the bureau expected to merchandise further details aft completing the indispensable procedures.

According to Babafemi, the developments show the progressively planetary quality of the illicit cause commercialized and the efforts by overseas transgression ...