05/22/2026
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested three Mexican nationals, Martinez Felix Nemecto, Jesus López Valles, and Torrero Juan Carlos, along with seven Nigerian collaborators, including a suspected drug baron, Anochili Innocent, in Ogun State, Nigeria.
They were arrested on May 16, 2026, in a sting operation carried out on a drug production facility in a forest around Ijebu area of Ogun state.
Authorities describe the secret facility as the largest m**hamphetamine laboratory facility ever discovered in Nigeria. A m**h laboratory that is illegally used to produce m**hamphetamine, a highly dangerous and addictive synthetic stimulant.
The operation was carried out by the agency’s special unit after several months of intelligence gathering, which targeted a concealed facility in a forest in Ogun State and another secret facility in Lagos state.
It was a successful operation that totally dismantled the production syndicate jointly operated by Nigerian traffickers and Mexican collaborators.
The seizure included chemicals and crystal m**h with an estimated street value of $363 million.
The NDLEA officials warned that international cartels are increasingly exploiting rural communities in Nigeria as production hubs for the highly addictive stimulant.
The NDLEA chairman, Mohammed Marwa, warned drug cartels operating in Nigeria, stating that the country should be considered a hostile environment for their criminal activities, emphasizing that a crackdown on local and transnational networks is expected to intensify, with the agency committed to disrupting the operations of drug cartels in Nigeria.
