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NDLEA brings two suspected Nigerian-Mexican drug operators before court

Source: Punch Nigeria · 25 Sep 2026, 01:06 UTC

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arraigned two suspected Nigerian-Mexican drug kingpins over alleged operation of a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Enugu State. The supplied report does not name the defendants or give details of their pleas.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arraigned two suspected Nigerian-Mexican drug kingpins over an alleged clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Enugu State, Punch Nigeria reports. The agency alleges that the two suspects operated the laboratory. The supplied material does not identify them, state when they were arrested or indicate the court in which they were arraigned.

It also gives no information about the charges, the quantities of drugs or chemicals allegedly involved, or whether the defendants entered pleas. No response from the suspects or their lawyers is included. The report does not say whether the laboratory was still operating when authorities discovered it, whether other people are being investigated or what the next court date will be.

The allegations remain subject to legal proceedings.

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