A major drug cartel behind the production and distribution of deadly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called mkpuru mmiri, has been taken down by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement he issued on Tuesday.
Babafemi said the dismantling of the syndicate followed the arrest of its leader, 42-year-old Joachin Chikaodi Mbonu, and his associate in his mansion tucked in his Umuomi village, Uzogba-Ezenomi autonomous community, Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State.
Here are some of the items recovered during the raid:
1. A Pump Action Gun with Cartridges
2. 419.99 Grams of Methamphetamine
3. 750 Grams of Iodine and 500 Grams of Sodium Bicarbonate
4. Two Electronic Weighing Scales
5. An Underground Network of Cladestine Laboratories