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US backs elite drugs squad in Lagos

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An NDLEA agent at a clandestine methamphetamine lab in Obinugwu village in southeast Nigeria on 22 November 2018.
An NDLEA agent at a clandestine methamphetamine lab in Obinugwu village in southeast Nigeria on 22 November 2018. © Stefan Heunis/AFP

Nigeria, a hub for drug trafficking in West Africa, coordinates its interdiction efforts with US agencies, including the DEA, which has been training an elite unit in Lagos.

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