Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a secret laboratory producing a deadly substance, Methamphetamine, in Ikeja, Lagos.
In a statement on Sunday, the agency’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi said that packaged sachets of the drug and various precursor chemicals used in the production were recovered.
He added that the clandestine laboratory located at No. 4, Bode Oluwo Street, Mende, Maryland in Ikeja, was raided by anti-narcotics officers on June six, following a credible intelligence and surveillance which confirmed illegal drug production in the building.
Babafemi said: “At the end of the search, one kilogramme of already produced and packaged methamphetamine, quantities of precursor chemicals were recovered.
“Other items used for the production of the deadly drug were recovered from the house while efforts are on to apprehend the fleeing owner of the house”,
He further noted that officers of the agency, on June five, arrested two suspects, Wasiu Saliu and Afolabi Banjo, with 247 kilogrammes of skunk in the Oyingbo area of Lagos.
Another suspect, Tijani Damilola, was nabbed at Isheri with 12.5 litres of skuchies and 98 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa belonging to a fleeing suspect.
Babafemi added that 12.5 kilogrammes of the same substance was recovered from Adebowale Babatunde after his arrest at Mushin on June eight.
