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NDLEA intercepts 101 parcels of cocaine at Lagos Airport

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April 10, 2022
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Abuja – No less than 101 parcels of cocaine concealed in eight children duvets have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.

Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja said the illicit drug was brought into the country by a 52-year-old Brazil returnee, Akudirinwa Hilary Uchenna.

According to him, the suspect, who hails from Oru East Local Government area of Imo state was arrested on Saturday, April 9 at the D-Arrival Hall of the Lagos airport upon his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha aboard Qatar Airline flight.

The 101 parcels of the class A drug with a gross weight of 13.2 kilogram were recovered from his only check-in bag.

“During preliminary interview, Uchenna who claimed to be a carpenter confessed that he was to be paid N5million for trafficking the drug after successfully delivering the consignment in Lagos,” the statement said.

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In another development, big pellets of skunk concealed in detergent containers have been intercepted at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu.

A 37-year-old South Africa returnee, Ezekwesili Afamefune brought in the consignment weighing 730grams aboard Ethiopian Airline flight from Johannesburg, South Africa via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Ezekwesili is from Awka south local government area of Anambra state.

” 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, one Chibuzor Uba, 30, was arrested on Friday 8th April with 1,955 ampules of pentazocine at Kaura Namoda area of Zamfara state

“Also, a cross-border drug trafficker, Stanley Chibuzor, 21, was on Friday, April 8 arrested by officers of the Marine Unit of NDLEA stationed at Oron beach, Oron, Akwa Ibom state.

“The suspect who hails from Ihiala, Anambra state was nabbed with 11,190 tablets of Tramadol during the outward clearance of passengers traveling to Cameroon,” Babafemi stated.

In Ondo state, a drug dealer who produces and sells skuchies, Oluwaseun Agboola, 25, was arrested on Thursday April 7, at his Igoba, Second Gate, Akure residence where 73 bottles of skuchies weighing 77kg stocked in his kitchen were recovered.

“Skuchies are usually a mixture of Tramadol, Cannabis sativa, Codeine, Black Currant (popularly called Zobo) and water,” according to NDLEA

In Lagos, it 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 his reaction, the Chairman of NDLEA, Brig – Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) commended
officers and men of the MMIA, AIIA, Edo, Zamfara, Akwa Ibom, Lagos and Ondo state Commands of the agency for the arrests and seizures, Chairman of NDLEA.

Marwa then charged them and their colleagues across the country to remain focussed and abstain from acts capable of compromising or jeopardising the collective goal of ridding Nigeria of drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking. (vitalnews)

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