Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids concealed in sanitary pads and hair treatment cream containers heading to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus at three courier firms in Lagos State.
This is contained in a statement on Sunday in Abuja issued by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi.
In one of the logistics companies, not less than 30 parcels of cocaine weighing 1.1kgs were concealed in hair cream containers were recovered by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) during the examination of cargoes going to Ireland on Tuesday 3rd September 2024.
“Another consignment of 24 parcels of cocaine weighing 862 grams also hidden in hair cream containers meant for delivery in the UK was equally intercepted at the same company on Friday 6th September,” Babafemi said.
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According to him, a total of 525 pills of tramadol 225mg and ecstasy (MDMA) concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads going to Cyprus were seized at another courier firm in Lagos by NDLEA operatives on Tuesday 3rd September, while a shipment of 200 ampoules of promethazine injection and pentazocine injection hidden in food items and herbs heading to London, UK, was also seized by operatives on Wednesday 4th September.
Operatives equally intercepted another consignment of tramadol 225mg buried in granulated melon that came from Cameroon and going to South Africa on Friday 6th September.
Also, no fewer than 550,000 pills of tramadol were intercepted at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday 2nd September during a joint examination of a cargo that came from Delhi, India, with men of the Nigerian Customs Service while a suspect was already arrested in connection with the seizure.
In Taraba State, no fewer than 87,790 pills of tramadol were recovered from Musa Adamu, 30, when he was arrested in Zing, while in Osun State, a raid of the home of a drug kingpin, Mayowa Abayomi Awe (a.k.a Bishop) in Ilesa on Wednesday 4th September led to the seizure of 43grams of crack cocaine, 23grams of methamphetamine, 17.126kgs cannabis and a locally made pistol.
In Ekiti State, NDLEA operatives supported by men of the Nigerian Army on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th September stormed three camps inside the Ise-Ekiti forest reserve, in Ise/Orun local government area where over 100,000kgs of cannabis spread across 51 hectares of farm land were destroyed.
The affected settlements include: Aba Saalaja with 23 hectares; Aba Paanu with 12 hectares and Aba Arogunmatidi with 16 hectares, all within the Ise-Ekiti forest reserve.
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