In an increasingly common occurrence across Africa, three Mexican meth cooks were arrested by the Nigerian drug police at a raid on a synthetic drug production lab hidden in a forest in Ogun State, Nigeria.
On Wednesday, Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced the dismantling of a major meth production operation involving Nigerian and Mexican operatives, arresting ten operatives, including three Mexican cooks identified as "experts" by Nigerian authorities.
The seizure of methamphetamine bust is largest in Nigeria's history, at 2,419.48 kilograms of meth and precursor chemicals, estimated at a value of $362.9 million USD.
The Nigeria seizure comes just two weeks after South African authorities dismantled another major industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory in Swartruggens, northwest of Johannesburg, arresting 11 suspects, including five Mexican nationals allegedly involved in supervising production. This was at least the fourth lab bust where Mexican national were arrested.
Sources: TVC News, Times Live
Drug pushers are everywhere. It’s unfortunate that many who consume gave up on life.
ReplyDeleteAfrica has grown as a drug distribution hub and I was doing drug interdiction through LatAm from 95-98 and starting around 1998 we began 1 to 5 missions a year in Africa up until September of 2001 when my mission changed. What I learned in roughly 50 missions from 1998-2001 was that Africa will only continue to grow as a distribution hub given the corruption and poverty of all but a small wealthy elite.
ReplyDeleteHow do they communicate with each other?
ReplyDeleteThose guys would be free in no time. The drug agency has gotten their photo-op. Now time for the bribes and business goes on as usual, afterall, public officials need houses, someone also has to pay for the foreign vacations of the upright officials, and money is needed to keep the side-chicks happy and compliant.
ReplyDeleteHell, they may even be the current president's boys. The current president is a convicted drug trafficker from the 90's in the US before returning to Nigeria, and becoming a Billionaire after occupying public office. However way you think Mexico is bad, I assure you, Nigeria is ten times worse.