National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Sunday intercepted consignment of illegal drugs at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State.
According to Vanguard, the illegal drugs where reported to have been concealed in vehicles imported from Montreal Canada and packs of cannabis juice flown in from South Africa.
This was disclosed by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, through a press statement.
According to him, the consignments were meant for distribution ahead of the Christmas festive season.
“At least, 12 suspects including two dock workers and a wine shop businessman have so far been arrested in connection with the two seizures as well as the recovery of 152 kilograms of skunk from two dealers in Kano.
Also recovered were 100,000 Tramadol tablets in the state of Imo and 520 kilograms of cannabis concealed in soft drink boxes loaded on a truck traveling to Abuja, the country’s Federal Capital Territory.
He said, “At the SAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport, the search of consolidated cargo from South Africa led to the discovery of smuggled bottled Cannabis juice with a gross weight of 16.50kgs on Wednesday 21st December.
“Investigations by anti-narcotics officers subsequently led to the arrest of four freight agents: Soremekun Olalekan Wasiu; Olufisayo Dayo; Moruf Olusegun Bashir and Imole Moses Ajayi, whose statements eventually led to the arrest of the consignee, a wine shop business owner, Emebede Chuka, the following day Thursday 22nd December”.
“Also, an attempt to export quantities of cannabis and ecstasy pills also known as MDMA concealed in beverage drink, Bournvita, containers to Dubai, UAE, through the NAHCO export shed on Friday 23rd Dec was frustrated while a vulcaniser given the assignment for a fee of N4,000, Iyanda Ogunleye Yaya has been arrested
Similarly, a cargo of 185 packets of cannabis Indica, often known as Colorado, weighing 61.3kgs was confiscated during a joint investigation of a container at Tincan harbor in Lagos.
After a thorough inspection, it was discovered that the container with the marking MSCU5206726 from Montreal, Canada, actually included two vehicles, a 2009 Toyota Corolla car and a 2009 Ford Econoline bus, together with used car engines, bicycles, shoes, and other items, including the drugs.
