One legged man, Beninese top list of arrests as NDLEA intercepts cocaine, loud consignments in Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 48-year-old one legged man, Amadu Garba in his house at Yawuri town, Kebbi State with six bags of cannabis weighing 67kg on Tuesday,16th July.

Spokesman for the agency, Femi Babafemi, said this on Sunday in a statement.

He also said that frantic bids by drug syndicates to smuggle in and out of Nigeria consignments of cocaine and loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis concealed in incensed candles, game packs, dry hibiscus leaves and ladies’ native wears through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), and some courier firms in Lagos were thwarted by NDLEA operatives.

He said that the development followed the seizure of the illicit shipments and arrests of suspects linked to them.

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“A businessman, Abdulwahab Owolabi Alebiosu was on Thursday, 18th July 2024 arrested at his Horizon Court, Lekki, Lagos residence after a consignment of 40 parcels of loud weighing 20.30kgs hidden in packs of chess boards, scrabbles, checkers, and poker set, brought in from Canada on a British Airways flight was intercepted at the SAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport during a joint examination of the cargo with men of Customs Service.

“A search of his home also led to the recovery of more exhibits including some drug paraphernalia, such as, weighing scale, and cannabis potency test kit, while four vaping machines were recovered from his business premises on Admiralty Way, Lekki. A Mikano black truck with registration number FST 657 HP was also recovered from his house,” Babafemi said.

In the same vein, NDLEA operatives at the NAHCO export shed of the MMIA on Friday, 19th July, intercepted two jumbo bags going to Pakistan.

The bags contained dried hibiscus leaves, dried bitter leaves and other food items, which were used to conceal four parcels of cocaine and 14 parcels of loud, both weighing 1.360kg.

Further investigations led to the arrest of a businesswoman, Eze Queen Ogechi who claimed she was sending the illicit consignment to Pakistan on the instruction of her brother, Eze Nnamdi Promise based in the South Asia country.