The National Drug law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered a super laboratory for the illicit production of methamphetamine in Asaba, Delta State; that is capable of churning out drugs worth at least $2 billion.
The laboratory, which was detected by the Special Enforcement Team (SET) of the NDLEA and is said to harbour a production process that is very technical and sophisticated, is the first super laboratory discovered in the country. Similar to the ones found in Mexico, in terms of size, it has a capacity to produce between 3,000kg to 4,000kg of methamphetamine per production cycle. In Asia, the street value of 1 kg of methamphetamine can be as high as $600,000.
The suspects behind the laboratory have been arrested and were paraded at a press briefing held at the Agency’s National Headquarters in Lagos, on Saturday.
The technical experts from Mexico are: Cervantos Madrid Jose Bruno, Rivas Ruiz Pastiano, Castillo Barraza Cristobal, and Partida Gonzalez.
