By “El Huaso” for Borderland Beat
The five men were identified by British authorities as: Alejandro Ambriz Dimas, 45, from Michoacan in southern Mexico; Victora Ramirez, 47, Fausto Beltran, 33, Lioncio Moso Borja, 37, and Jose Nunez Angolo, 44, all from Culiacan, Sinaloa.
Large scale methamphetamine production is rare in the United Kingdom. While methamphetamine use is uncommon in the U.K., where the drug of choice is cannabis or cocaine, wastewater analysis suggests that the use of meth is on the rise. Home Office wastewater analysis estimates that methamphetamine consumption in England rose 61% 2021 and 2025.
In recent years, Mexican criminal groups have sent professional meth cooks abroad, mostly to Africa, as they seek to move production closer to consumer markets. In August 2026, South African police arrested five, including two Mexicans, in a raid on a methamphetamine laboratory on a farm in Musina, Limpopo province, South Africa, as reported by Borderland Beat.