Manufacturing methamphetamine is illegal and poses serious risks to both public health and safety; as engaging in the production or distribution poses serious health risks.
The Delhi Police have busted a clandestine laboratory equipped with high-tech apparatus for the production of methamphetamine drug. The illicit operation was allegedly masterminded by four African nationals, who were operating out of a luxurious private residence in Alestonia Estate, Greater Noida.
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The arrested African nationals have been identified as Eze Uchenna James, AlitumoIfedi Shedrack, EzeIbe Emeka Chibuzo a.k.a. Iko and Ivo Osita a.k.a Usta. The police have recovered 445 gm methamphetamine from the arrested foreign nationals.
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Three of them were also found to be previously convicted in a commercial drugs case and were sentenced to 10 years in jail and fined Rs one lakh. They were later granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Ankit Singh said that on January 27, a specific input about Uchenna being involved in a drug syndicate was received and he was apprehended. Shedrack was the one who supplied methamphetamine drugs to Uchenna for selling.”
“During his search 70 grams of fine quality methamphetamine drug was recovered from his possession. Uchenna had been previously arrested in a commercial drugs case by the Narcotics Control Bureau of Punjab and had been sentenced to 10 years in jail by a court. The accused was granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.”
On November 27, 2023, a team of the Anti-Narcotics Cell of Dwarka district was privy to a secret tip-off about a Nigerian national being involved in a drug syndicate. A trap was laid in the narrow lanes of Uttam Nagar in Dwarka district and Shedrack was also apprehended.
During interrogation, Shedrack disclosed that he along with Iko and Osita manufactures the methamphetamine drug from raw material in a lab at Alestonia Estate, Chaii-3, Greater Noida, District Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh.
At the instance of Shedrack one lab which was established by them at a luxurious and lonely private place was busted and raw material around 20.5 kg including one kg of pseudoephedrine was recovered. Also sophisticated equipment including Heating Mantle Machine and high-quality face masks were recovered from the lab.
The officer added that on the basis of manual and technical inputs the other co-accused Iko was also apprehended from Sant Garh, Tilak Nagar area and Osita was nabbed from Guru Nanak Nagar. Shedrack had been previously arrested in a commercial drugs case by the Narcotics Control Bureau of Punjab and he had also been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment by the court.
