Nigeria Arrests Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin at International Airport The arrest of Arturo Carrera Loaiza, a 40 year old alleged Mexican drug kingpin, at Lagos international airport last month has shed light on an alarming trend: the rapid expansion of methamphetamine production in Nigeria and other parts of West Africa.
While the global spotlight often focuses on traditional narcotics like cocaine and heroin, synthetic drugs like methamphetamine have been quietly proliferating across the continent.
The discovery of a suspected industrial scale methamphetamine laboratory at Loaiza's property in Ebonyi state is the third such find allegedly linked to Mexicans in four months.