NDLEA discovers Methamphetamine lab in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, disclosed that its operatives uncovered a secret laboratory producing deadly illicit substance, Methamphetamine, in a residential community located in Ikeja, Lagos State, where already packaged sachets of the drug and various precursor chemicals used in the production were also recovered.

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NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said: “The clandestine laboratory located at 4, Bode Oluwo Street, Mende, Maryland, Ikeja, was stormed by anti-narcotics officers of the agency on June 6, after credible intelligence and surveillance confirmed the illicit substance was being produced in the duplex building.

“At the end of the search, one kilogram of already produced and packaged methamphetamine, quantities of precursor chemicals and other items used for the production of the deadly drug were recovered from the house,” he added.

He however revealed that efforts were on to apprehend the fleeing owner of the house.

Wumi Vanguard