How Mexican drug cartels have outsourced meth labs to Nigeria
Justice Musa Kakaki inspected an alleged illicit drug laboratory in a dense forest two hours from Lagos where three Mexicans and seven Nigerians were paraded in handcuffs. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) described the May arrest of the suspects as the country's largest-ever meth bust, stating it discovered more than two tonnes of the drug worth some $360m (£270m). The NDLEA announced it had "dealt another crippling blow" and dismantled "a highly sophisticated, multi-million-dollar Nigerian-Mexican methamphetamine production syndicate."
The following month, agents found another meth laboratory in a forest in neighboring Oyo State, arresting five suspects, including one Mexican "methamphetamine expert." The temporary move of the federal high court to the forest location was an unusual step for Nigeria's judicial system, but the NDLEA said it was necessary to understand the scale of the operation.
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A Nigerian judge held court inside an alleged illicit drug laboratory in a dense forest, where three Mexicans and seven Nigerians were paraded in
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