According to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), its agents have discovered illicit drugs that were hidden in female clothing, electrical bulbs, and frozen snails.
The shipment had a destination in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the agency.
Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, made this disclosure in a statement on Sunday.
He claimed that the interceptions were carried out by a courier service in Lagos and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA).
Babafemi revealed that two suspects with connections to the attempted robberies had been detained.
After 15 skunk parcels were discovered hidden in 10 enormous rechargeable electrical bulbs that had been prepared for shipment to the DRC, one of them was identified as Boladale Riliwan, a cargo agent, who was detained on October 7th.
Olawale Oyebola Hakeemot, a 48-year-old UK-based public health assistant, was detained on October 12th at Terminal 2 of the MMIA, Ikeja, according to him.
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When she attempted to board a Qatar Airways flight to Manchester, United Kingdom, operatives discovered 2,300 Tramadol pills hidden in frozen snails inside her luggage.
The statement added that on October 16th, NDLEA officers blocked a syndicate’s attempt to import 810 bromazepam pills from a woman’s clothing to the United States via a courier service in Lagos.
With 38, 270 tramadol pills concealed in his Honda Civic’s spare tire, boot, and door compartments, Babafemi claimed that operatives in Adamawa State had detained Bello Buba at an NDLEA checkpoint in Namtari, Yola South Local Government Area.
He explained that the suspect traveled from Benin Republic to Nigeria in order to smuggle the drugs.
Between October 12 and October 13, the NDLEA reported the destruction of 53,250 kilograms of skunk grown on a 21. 3 hectares of cannabis farmland in Ilawe Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Three suspects, Matthew Emmanuel (26), James Moses (27), and Israel Samuel (20), were among the 70 bags of skunk that weighed 1,140 kilograms.
On October 12, 2017, Akure, Ondo State, in Aponmu Forest Reserve, Akure, the operation was called for because of another skunk destruction of 17,400 kilograms of farmland.
At Apata-Ako, Igboora, NDLEA agents detained Aliyu Muhammed (50), Babarinde Segun (32), Ogunbiyi Sanjo (30), and Ajani Oluro (30), along with 596 kilograms of skunk.
He claimed that on October 16 in Odo-Oyan, Igangan, Salako Oluwatobi (30) and Jacob Afolabi (30) were both found with 273 kilograms of the same substance.
Joseph Andrew was detained on October 15 with 88 kilograms of skunk in Ogun State, and Festus Udoh (42) was detained along Onitsha-Owerri Road in Imo State with 13, 000 pills of opioids.
On October 18, the agency discovered 74.5 kilograms of skunk in Umuogbo-Agu Village, Enugu State, in Joseph Chukwujamaa’s store.
On October 18, Babafemi further reported that 11 bags of skunk weighing 117 kilograms were recovered from Ramoni Olukowi’s base in Mushin.
He continued, stating that 80 000 bottles of codeine-based syrup were intercepted in a container that the NDLEA had placed on watch during a joint operation with the Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies at Apapa Port on October 14.
Babafemi added that the organization continued its nationwide campaign to promote the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) in schools, workplaces, places of worship, and communities.
He included St. Peter’s College, Olomore, Abeokuta, Ogun State, and Commercial Grammar School, Igogo Ekiti, Government Technical College, Ahoada, Rivers, Junior Secondary Smart School, Kasarawa, Katsina, and Government Technical College, Ahoada, Ogun State, among others.
Brig., the NDLEA Chairman and CEO. Officers in the affected commands were commended for their arrests and seizures, according to Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd).
Source: Channels TV
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