LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) \u2014 Nigeria’s anti-drug agency said it has busted a transnational organized drug syndicate involving Nigerians and Mexicans in the southwestern region of the country. <\/p>\n
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said late Wednesday that its special operations unit shut down \u201can industrial-scale clandestine laboratory” in a remote forest in the Ijebu area of Ogun state, which shares a border with Lagos, the country’s economic capital. The agency added that it is the biggest drug bust ever in the country.<\/p>\n
The agency said in a statement that it arrested seven members of the \u201ccartel,\u201d which included four Nigerians and three Mexicans, during the operation, and three more in follow-up arrests.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis network did not just traffic drugs; they were actively manufacturing industrial-scale quantities of highly lethal illicit substances right on our soil, threatening the national security and public health of Nigeria,\u201d Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa, the agency’s head, said.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, the operation resulted in the seizure of 2.4 tons of chemical materials, including methamphetamine, worth 480 billion naira ($363 million) and two vehicles.<\/p>\n
In recent years, West and Central Africa have emerged as a hot spot for global trafficking and manufacturing of illicit drugs due to porous borders and corruption, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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