| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
Mexiko/Nigeria. How Mexican drug cartels have outsourced meth labs to Nigeria
Mexiko/Nigeria. How Mexican drug cartels have outsourced meth labs to Nigeria
The Nigerian judge was formally dressed, the lawyers maintained legal decorum and protocol was followed – but this hearing was not in the comfortable confines of a Lagos courtroom, it was inside an alleged illicit drug laboratory in the thick of a dense forest.
Three Mexicans and seven Nigerians were paraded in handcuffs, as Justice Musa Kakaki inspected the chemicals and equipment they were accused of using to produce the harmful illegal synthetic drug, methamphetamine, commonly known as meth, crystal meth or, locally, ice. (BBC, UK, 29.07.26)