The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raided a secret laboratory in Ikeja, Lagos, producing a highly dangerous substance known as Methamphetamine.
The spokesperson for the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi made the development known in a statement on Sunday.
Babafemi stated that the laboratory was raided on June 6 following credible intelligence and surveillance which confirmed illegal drug production in the building.
The anti-narcotics officers recovered packaged sachets of the drug and various precursor chemicals used in the production.
It review that the clandestine laboratory was located at No 4, Bode Oluwo Street, Mende, Maryland in Ikeja.
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.”
According to the NDLEA, some officers of the agency, on June 5, 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 scrunchies and 98kg of cannabis sativa belonging to a fleeing suspect.
The agency’s spokesperson stated that 12.5kg of the same substance was recovered from Adebowale Babatunde after his arrest at Mushin on June 8.
