NDLEA discovers cocaine, cannabis in food flask at Lagos airport, apprehends suspects
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted cocaine and cannabis consignments concealed in food flasks and snack packs, while arresting several suspects across coordinated operations nationwide.
As disclosed by the agency, 12 parcels of cocaine weighing 2.80 kilograms were discovered in the false bottoms of food flasks at the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, during a routine check on April 9.
Following the seizure, two cargo agents, Ama Obinna Ufeim and Ogabi Monday Akorede, were arrested, while a freight forwarder, Agoro Tajudeen Moninuola, was later apprehended as the alleged sender of the consignment.
In a similar operation, NDLEA operatives intercepted 2.90 kilograms of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, concealed in snack packs from the United States, leading to the arrest of clearing agents Animashaun Moshood Adetunji and Mercy Gabriel Oluwasegun, as well as the consignee, Saheed Adeshina Adegoke, in Lagos.
Meanwhile, in Kaduna State, a truck driver, Umar Garba Haruna, was arrested after NDLEA operatives intercepted a cement-laden trailer along the Kaduna-Zaria highway with 847 kilograms of skunk concealed inside.
Similarly, in Cross River State, officers arrested Alice Sunday Udoh during a raid on a forest in Uwet community, where 15,000 kilograms of cannabis were destroyed and 119 kilograms recovered.
In Edo and Delta states, multiple suspects, including Nweke Smart, Christopher Egbe, Monday Ayan, Sunday Odili, and Ijenebe Joshua, were arrested during raids that led to the destruction and seizure of large quantities of cannabis.
Furthermore, in Lagos, operatives arrested Chinedu Ogbekene and Zindozin Aloukou Bienvenu along the Lagos-Badagry expressway with thousands of tramadol capsules and other substances, while the NDLEA Chairman, Mohamed Buba Marwa, commended officers for sustaining enforcement efforts alongside nationwide drug abuse sensitisation campaigns.
