Operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA), in a nationwide intelligence-led operation, have recovered a multi-billion-naira value of cocaine.
Amongst them is a consignment hid in heavy obligation vehicle pivot shafts, and Ghanaian material – Kente.
Whereas 2.32 kilograms of cocaine hid in Ghanaian conventional kente supplies going to the UK have been intercepted at a courier agency in Lagos on Monday August 5, 2024, 10.494kg, a drug buried in heavy obligation pivot shafts heading to the USA have been recovered on the similar logistics firm.
NDLEA sniffer canines fished out the auto spare elements containing the illicit drug on the courier agency, bringing the full weight of cocaine seized within the two shipments to 12.814 kilograms.
Spokesperson of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi in an announcement on Sunday added that in one other improvement, 5 different consignments going to the US, UK and Canada have been additionally intercepted on the courier agency in Lagos on Friday August 9, 2024.
“They embrace 517 grams of cocaine in clothes supplies; completely different portions of pentazocine injection, promethazine injection and cocodamol drugs, all heading to the UK in addition to 297 drugs of tramadol 225mg going to Canada,” Babafemi mentioned.
At a special logistics firm in Lagos, NDLEA operatives recovered 21 parcels of Loud, an artificial pressure of hashish weighing 10kg coming from the US and meant for supply in Abuja.
In the meantime, in one other intelligence-led operation, NDLEA operatives on Wednesday August 7, arrested a member of a cocaine trafficking community, Obiora Joseph Agudosi, at Alafia Orile, Amuwo Odofin space of Lagos whereas trying to maneuver 9.00kg of cocaine to Onitsha in Anambra State.
Two members of one other cocaine syndicate primarily based in Nnewi and Oba city in Anambra State have been additionally arrested on Thursday August 8, in a follow-up operation following the seizure of their consignments in a GUO transport firm bus at Benin, Edo State similar day.
Whereas the bus driver, Harrison Mbachu, 44, was arrested at Benin Toll Gate with a complete of two.865kg cocaine, Izuchkwu Arinze, 40, was picked at Nnewi city whereas trying to gather his personal consignment of 1.748kg cocaine and 514 grams sodium bicarbonate, with Ameachi Okoro, 39, arrested whereas making an attempt to select his personal 1.117kg cocaine at Oba city.
NDLEA operatives at Tincan seaport Lagos on Wednesday August 7, intercepted 532 parcels of Loud, an artificial pressure of hashish weighing 265.25kg in a black Toyota Sienna bus, which is without doubt one of the three autos in a container marked MSMU 6029570 coming from Montreal, Canada.
The seizure was made throughout 100 per cent joint examination with males of the Nigeria Customs Service and different stakeholders.
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