NDLEA intercepts 101 parcels of cocaine, 730g of skunk at Lagos, Enugu airports, others
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 101 parcels of hard drugs said to be cocaine concealed in children’s duvet at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The illicit drug was brought into the country by a 52-year-old Brazilian returnee, Akudirinwa Hilary Uchenna who hails from Imo State.
A press statement by the Director Media and Advocacy, NDLEA in Abuja Mr. Femi Basfemi said the suspect was nabbed on Saturday, April 9 at the at the D-Arrival Hall of the Lagos airport upon his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha aboard Qatar Airline flight, with the class A drug weighting13.2 kilogram.
Another arrest made in Lagos by the anti-narcotics agency, said an early morning raid in the notorious Akala, Mushin area of the state on Saturday, April 9, led to the seizure of 746.25 kilograms of cannabis.
In other raids by the NDLEA, big pellets of skunk concealed in detergent containers were intercepted at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), in Enugu.
“A 37-year-old South African returnee, Ezekwesili Afamefune brought in the consignment weighing 730grams aboard Ethiopian Airline flight from Johannesburg, South Africa via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
“In Edo state, a 24-year-old drug dealer Christian John was arrested by NDLEA operatives in Egbeta, Ovia North East LGA for selling assorted illicit drugs which include sachets of drugged Milo beverage, cannabis sativa, swinol and tramadol tablets, while in Zamfara state, Northern Nigeria, one Chibuzor Uba, 30, was arrested on Friday 8th April with 1,955 ampules of pentazocine at Kaura Namoda area of Zamfara state.”
“A cross-border drug trafficker, Stanley Chibuzor, 21, was on Friday 8th April arrested by officers of the Marine Unit of NDLEA stationed at Oron beach, Oron, Akwa Ibom state with 11,190 tablets of Tramadol during the outward clearance of passengers traveling to Cameroon.”
“In Ondo state, a drug dealer who produces and sells skuchies, Oluwaseun Agboola, 25, was arrested on Thursday 7th April, at his Igoba, Second Gate, Akure residence where 73 bottles of skuchies weighing 77kg stocked in his kitchen were recovered,” the statement read.