On 16 September 2026, Nigeria's NDLEA dismantled an industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory in Lagos and arrested Arturo, a Mexican national identified as a major drug trafficker. The operation followed an earlier arrest of three Mexican nationals and seven Nigerians at a forest hideout in Ogun State on 16 May.
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[This Day] The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled another industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory and arrested a Mexican national, identified as Arturo Carrera Loaiza, who the agency described as a drug kingpin linked to a wider network involved in the establishment of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories in Nigeria.
[Premium Times] The NDLEA said the investigation began with the arrest of three Mexican nationals and seven Nigerians at a forest hideout in Ogun State on 16 May.