Australian border‑force officials discovered 700 kg of methamphetamine concealed in industrial machinery shipped from the United States in July 2024 and traced the package to a warehouse in Warwick Farm, Sydney’s west, according to gdelt. At the warehouse, Nana Owusu‑Ageyman and 32‑year‑old Michael Charumbira were found attempting to offload the container from a truck, gdelt reported. Both men were arrested; however, the Australian Federal Police released Owusu‑Ageyman, gdelt said, and an AFP spokesperson gave a short statement when asked why he was released. Charumbira was later charged and pleaded guilty to attempting to possess a commercial quantity of a border‑controlled drug, gdelt added. A labourer involved in importing the meth was offered $400, a paltry amount, to unload the drugs, gdelt reported, and a man with greater involvement fled overseas after being released by police, gdelt noted. During a hearing on June 9, Judge Christopher O’Brien said, “I thought that was a bit curious,” gdelt quoted.

In Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) uncovered a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory deep inside a forest in Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, punchng.com reported. The raid, carried out on June 17 after actionable intelligence, resulted in the arrest of five suspects, including a Mexican national allegedly recruited to provide technical expertise for the operation, punchng.com said. Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman and CEO of the NDLEA, disclosed the discovery during a press briefing in Abuja on a Wednesday and described it as a major breakthrough in the agency’s campaign against drug trafficking and production syndicates, punchng.com added.