NDLEA Intercepts Large Illicit Drug Shipments Bound For UAE, Asia, and EU
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted huge consignments of illicit drug packaged for export to the United Arab Emirates, Asia, and European Union.
The drug, including tramadol tablets, and cannabis was intercepted during a raid of some of the courier firms in Lagos.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday said one of the consignments was tramadol 225 grams hidden in the hems of new trouser jeans for export to Cyprus.
Another consignment was sachets of cannabis concealed in the heads of dolls, meant for export to Dubai, as well as, sachets of tramadol 225 hidden in tins of milo beverage for export to the same country.
Babafemi also said tramadol tablets were hidden in local soaps for export to Dubai, and methamphetamine was concealed in buttons meant for export to Hong Kong.
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Operatives in Lagos on Friday 1st December also arrested a drug kingpin, Okechukwu Ogala, 56, who specializes in exploiting and recruiting young citizens to export meth to Asian countries.
He was arrested at the Blue Moon Hotel in the Okota area of Lagos with 60 wraps of methamphetamine weighing 1.009 kilograms.
In another operation in Lagos, operatives on Friday 1st December recovered 393kgs of cannabis in a shop at Akala, Mushin while a suspect, Justin Enuonye, who deals in Canadian Loud was arrested by the police at Victoria Island, and transferred to Lagos Command of NDLEA on Friday 1st December with 154 parcels weighing 92kgs.
A team of NDLEA operatives also intercepted a vehicle in the Oyingbo area of Lagos and recovered 108kgs of cannabis from it, while 675 kilograms of the same substance were recovered from the store of a wanted dealer, Wahab Olota at Adedoja area of Mushin, Lagos, Babafemi said.
