Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 324 bags of brand of Indian hemp, Canadian Loud, with a gross weight of 111.2kg in the Onikan area of Lagos Island while being conveyed for distribution in an unregistered Grand Caravan vehicle by a 42-year-old suspect, Taofeek Yusuf.
Spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in a statement, said the arrest of Yusuf and seizure of the consignment late night on January 12, 2024, followed credible intelligence coming on the heels of the arrest of another drug suspect, Godwin ThankGod, the previous day at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
The statement reads in part: “The Milan, Italy-bound Godwin was intercepted while attempting to board a Royal Air Maroc flight with quantities of codeine-based syrup and rohypnol concealed in his luggage.
“The suspect, who is a regular flyer, was arrested during a search of his luggage at the Departure Gate of Terminal 2 of the airport. The search led to the discovery of five cartons consisting of 50 bottles of codeine syrup and 300 tablets of rohypnol.”
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He further said that NDLEA operatives at the SAHCO import shed of the airport on January 12, recovered 30,000 packs of tramadol consisting of 300,000 pills.
He explained that the consignment, which came from Karachi, Pakistan, on a KLM Royal Dutch Airline, with airway bill number 074-62674964, was taken into custody following a joint examination with other security agencies.
