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NDLEA Arrests Three Suspects Linked To Importation Of N3.3billion Methamphetamine, Loud From Canada

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NDLEA Arrests Three Suspects Linked To Importation Of N3.3billion Methamphetamine, Loud From Canada
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) says it has intercepted multi-billion-naira worth of shipments of Methamphetamine and Loud, a strong synthetic strain of cannabis concealed in automobile spare parts imported from Canada.

The NDLEA which disclosed this in a statement on Sunday said the drugs were intercepted at the Tin can seaport in Lagos after months of intelligence-driven tracking of the cargoes across three continents.

According to the statement the drugs were meant for distribution during the Christmas and New Year festive season.

Spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi signed the statement.

Babafemi said : ” For the first time in the history of NDLEA’s anti-narcotic operations, two consignments of methamphetamine weighing 83.301 kilograms were on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th December 2024, recovered from separate containers bearing vehicles and spare parts coming from Canada and heading to warehouses in the Ladipo automobile parts market in Mushin area of Lagos.

“While one of the containers going to Ladipo market through the Sifax bonded terminal was examined on Thursday 12th December, not less than 5.001kg methamphetamine hidden in a bag wrapped in bed sheet that came in a Toyota Camry car, was recovered, even as a businessman, Isaac Onwumere linked with the consignment was promptly arrested.

“The other container bearing automobile spare parts checked on Friday, 13th December was found to contain 1, 735 parcels of Loud packed in 44 jumbo bags with a total weight of 867.5kg and six plastic coolers containing 87 packs of methamphetamine weighing 78.3kg.

“At least, two businessmen : Nwanolue Emeka and Friday Ogbe have been arrested in connection with the seizure.

“The two meth consignments have a combined weight of 83.301kg worth One Hundred and Twenty-Four Million Nine Hundred and Fifty-One Thousand Naira (124,951,000.00) while the 867.5kg Loud is worth Two Billion One Hundred and Sixty-Eight Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N2,168,750,000.00) in street value.”

The statement said the seizures were made during a joint examination of the shipments with Customs and other port stakeholders.

“This followed months of intelligence processing and tracking of the consignments from their ports of loading in Canada to the landing port in Lagos by combined Special Operations Units in NDLEA and the Tin can Port Strategic Command of the Agency.

“The first container with 5.001kg meth came under the radar of NDLEA’s intelligence network on 4th October 2024 when the preparation for the shipment began in Toronto, Canada, monitored through 8th October when the shipment was received at the rail ramp, loaded on the rail and departed to Montreal, Canada where it arrived and was unloaded the following day 9th October.

“The consignment was further monitored till it was loaded on a vessel on 19th October through when the vessel arrived and discharged at Antwerp in Belgium on 30th October after which the consignment was trans-shipped and loaded on 14th November before arriving Lagos port on 1st December and released to a bonded terminal two days after.

“The second shipment containing 867.5kg Loud and 78.3kg methamphetamine followed the same route.

“It came under NDLEA’s intelligence tracking on 8th October 2024 when the consignments were delivered to the shipper in Toronto, Canada, loaded on the rail on 14th October and arrived Montreal the following day, 15th, after which they were loaded on a vessel to Europe on 20th October.

“After arrival and trans-shipment at Antwerp in Belgium on 6th and 17th November respectively, the consignments were tracked till they arrived and discharged from the vessel at Lagos port on 6th December before being moved to the terminal on 10th December,” Babafemi explained.

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In another development, the statement said at the Port Harcourt Port Complex, Onne, Rivers State, no fewer than 636,600 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth N4,456,200,000.00 in street value were intercepted in shipments from India.

It said the seizures were made on Monday 9th, Wednesday 11th and Friday 13th December 2024 during a joint examination of four containers by NDLEA officers, men of Customs and other security agencies at the port.

It said the joint examination followed processed credible intelligence on the shipments.

Babafemi said the various commands and formations of the NDLEA also continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization activities during the week under review.

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He said the WADA activities took them to schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others .

“These include: WADA sensitisation lecture to students and staff of City Comprehensive College, Ogidi, Anambra; Government Secondary School, Toungo, Adamawa; Bonny Camp Primary School, Victoria Island, Lagos; Government Junior Secondary School, Yarganji, Kano, while Oyo state command of NDLEA delivered WADA enlightenment lecture to leaders, elders, youths and residents of Tapa community in Ibarapa Local Government, among others,” he said.

While reacting to the seizures and arrests, the Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa commended officers and men of the Special Operations Units, Tin can and Onne Commands of the agency for their efforts.

Marwa stated that the operational successes should showed drug barons and cartels that the Agency has the capacity and intelligence network to track their movements and their consignments even before getting to Nigeria.

He said barons and cartels will continue to lose heavily if they fail to back down on the criminal trade. (vitalnewsngr.com)

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