{"id":11118,"date":"2026-11-06T16:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/ndlea-remands-two-mexicans-four-nigerians-over-oyo-meth-lab\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T16:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:15:48","slug":"ndlea-remands-two-mexicans-four-nigerians-over-oyo-meth-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/ndlea-remands-two-mexicans-four-nigerians-over-oyo-meth-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"NDLEA remands two Mexicans, four Nigerians over Oyo meth lab"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"NDLEA<\/p>\n

By: Kingsley Omonobi<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arraigned two Mexican nationals and four Nigerians over their alleged involvement in the establishment and operation of a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Tapa village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State.<\/p>\n

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The six defendants were arraigned before Justice Nkeonye Evelyn Maha of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, drug trafficking and the illegal production of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n

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The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n

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The defendants are 56-year-old Mexican, Jose Villa Ochoa; another Mexican, Carrera Loaiza Arturo, 40; and four Nigerians identified as Maxwell Uche Nevoh, 30; Olatunji Yusuf, 37; Bankole Akeem Owolabi, 45; and Ganiu Monsiu, 43.<\/p>\n

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According to the statement, NDLEA operatives arrested Ochoa and the four Nigerian defendants on June 17, 2026, in a forested area of Tapa village, while Arturo was arrested on August 19, 2026, at the Lagos airport while allegedly attempting to flee the country.<\/p>\n

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Babafemi said the four-count charge accused the defendants of conspiring to operate a drug trafficking organisation and establishing a clandestine laboratory for the production of methamphetamine between December 2025 and June 2026 at different locations in Lagos and Oyo states.<\/p>\n

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They were also accused of unlawfully transporting and distributing chemical substances intended for the manufacture of methamphetamine, contrary to Section 20(1)(f) and punishable under Section 20(2)(a) of the NDLEA Act.<\/p>\n

All six defendants pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them.<\/p>\n

Following their pleas, Justice Maha ordered that they be remanded at the Correctional Centre in Ibadan.<\/p>\n

The case was adjourned until January 26, 27, 28 and 29, 2027, for trial.<\/p>\n

The NDLEA spokesman also disclosed that three other Mexican nationals and seven Nigerians arrested over a similar alleged operation at a forest hideout in Ogun State on May 16, 2026, had been remanded following their arraignment before a Federal High Court in Lagos.<\/p>\n

He said the court had rejected their bail application and ordered an accelerated hearing of the case.<\/p>\n

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