Police Uncover Chinese Toxic E-Waste Factory In Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command (Area F) yesterday uncovered a factory in Ikeja where e-wastes are assembled and exported to China and Vietnam. The detectives also arrested two persons allegedly behind the e-waste company- 22-year-old Lin Piehao and Li Ruoneng, 27. It was gathered that despite the fact that the visas of the two suspects had since expired, they continued to stay in the country unperturbed. 

The Area F police operatives stormed No 19 Sule Abuka Street, Opebi, Ikeja, the location of the factory, which had no signboard, and arrested the suspects with several cartons of the e-wastes already billed to be exported to China and Vietnam through air cargo. 

According to the police, “We got a tip-off about their activities; we stormed there and arrested them. We also discovered that the two brains behind the company are staying in Nigeria illegally. “They came to Lagos in May and they were issued one month visa but they exceeded their stay, and are working in Nigeria illegally.” One of the suspects, Lin, said: “We buy phone panels (Android and Nokia panels) from phone repairers and scrap sellers. We remove the panel IC with machine and then ship it to China and Vietnam. “We have some Nigerian casual workers in our factory but we gave them the rules and urged them to be discrete before joining us.

(This Day)