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NDLEA uncovers Methamphetamine (Mkpuru Mmiri Lab In Delta State, Arrests 4 Mexicans

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Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a huge methamphetamine-making laboratory in Asaba, the capital of Delta State.

Officials of the agency’s Special Enforcement Team (SET) also busted the masterminds of the major drug trafficking organization when they arrested eight suspects, four of them Mexican nationals, four Nigerians.

The NDLEA stated that the suspects behind the syndicate were arrested in simultaneous operations in Lagos, Obosi, a town near Onitsha in Anambra State, and at the location of the lab in Asaba.

But confirming the incedent on Thursday, NDLEA Public Relations Officer in Delta State Sani Ibrahim who spoke to Journalists in Ogwashi Uku Kingdom said that the fourteen arrested Suspects were currently being detained at the Command’s Office in Ogwashi Uku adding that on completion of Investigation,the Suspects would be charged to court.

Operatives of the NDLEA has raided secret operational base of drug peddlers in the state especially in the areas such as Abbi , Kwale , Asaba, among others where Suspects allegedly take laws into their hands with the smoking of Indian hemp.

The Command had in the last few months recorded huge successes in the arrest of drug peddlers and Indian hemp smokers and sellers in the major parts of the state.

Mr Sani Ibrahim while speaking further said that the NDLEA was determined to change the old songs adding that the officers and men of the Command were determined to ensure that drugs and its related offences are things of that past in the State.

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