NDLEA Intercepts Drug Consignment Disguised as Tea at Lagos Airport
NDLEA Intercepts Drug Consignment Disguised as Tea at Lagos Airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted drug consignments disguised as green tea, along with narcotics hidden inside a car’s spare tyre.
A statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the drugs disguised as tea were recovered at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos.
He said the NDLEA officers, acting on credible intelligence, seized 66 parcels of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, disguised as green tea.
“The NDLEA had watch-listed the shipment and sustained surveillance around it for over three weeks before inviting other stakeholders for a joint examination last Thursday.
The Loud consignment weighing 62.20kg was concealed inside wraps of green tea that came from Thailand via the UAE on an Emirate Airlines flight,” Babafemi added.
In a related operation on June 2, Babafemi said the NDLEA agents intercepted a massive 1,665kg haul of skunk—another cannabis strain—along the Lekki-Ajah Expressway in Lagos.
He added that two suspects, identified as Gidado Abdulrasaq Ayinde and Obanla Oluwafemi, were arrested at the scene.
In Kaduna State, Babafemi said the NDLEA officers patrolling the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway arrested 29-year-old Goodluck Nnaemeka on Tuesday.
Babafemi added that he was found in possession of 612 bottles of codeine-laced syrup and 2,970 pills of flunitrazepam, a controlled sedative.
“In another operation the same day, a 52-year-old wanted drug dealer, Kabiru Musa (a.k.a KB), was arrested at Kurmin Mashi. A total of 25.7kg skunk was earlier recovered from his base.
A total of 9kg of Loud was recovered from the spare tyre compartment of an Audi Station Wagon with registration number AAA 975 XU, driven by 45-year-old Atari Israel along Auchi Road in Edo State.
Additionally, two young women, Favour Joy and Joy Igwe, were arrested on Tuesday, June 3, in the Ikpoba Hill area of Benin City. Items recovered from them include 106.57kg of skunk, 1kg of Loud, 800 grams of Colorado, and 302 grams of methamphetamine, according to the statement.
