It said the consignment intercepted in the Onikan area of Lagos Island had a gross weight of 111.2 kg.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that its personnel intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, an imported strong synthetic strain of cannabis, packaged in 324 bags.
It said the consignment intercepted in the Onikan area of Lagos Island had a gross weight of 111.2 kg.
The narcotic agency, in a statement issued on Sunday signed by its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said that the drug was intercepted while being conveyed for distribution in an unregistered Grand Caravan vehicle by a 42-year-old suspect, Taofeek Yusuf.
Babafemi stated that Taofeek’s arrest and seizure of the imported consignment late in the night on Friday followed credible intelligence that came on the heels of the arrest of another suspected drug trafficker, Godwin ThankGod, on Thursday by NDLEA officers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos.
According to the NDLEA spokesperson, 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.
He said, “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.”
Similarly, NDLEA operatives at the SAHCO import shed of the import on Friday recovered 30,000 packs of tramadol 225mg consisting of 300,000 pills.
Babafemi stated that the consignment which came from Karachi, Pakistan on KLM Royal Dutch Airline, with airway bill number 074-62674964, was taken into custody following a joint examination with other security agencies at the airport.
Meanwhile, various quantities of tramadol and cannabis sativa concealed in soles of sneakers going to Oman as well as another consignment of tramadol and Rohypnol hidden in spices heading to the United Kingdom were intercepted at two courier firms in Lagos by NDLEA operatives of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation, DOGI, on Tuesday.
Also, operatives of NDLEA in Oyo State on Thursday raided a clandestine Skuchies factory operated by Oyadeji Dimeji, 28, in the Moniya area of Ibadan where 76.6kg of cannabis sativa, 134 grams of tramadol, 93 grams of Rophynol and 50 litres of already produced Skuchies, a liquid mixture containing various types of psychoactive substances, were recovered.
In Ondo State, the NDLEA spokesperson said that four suspects identified as David Iyoragie, Adams Idowu, Ibrahim Audu Abdullahi and Ayomide Henry Ayuba, were arrested at De–Rock View Hotel, Gadson Junction off Ado-Ekiti Road, Igoba, Akure North Local Government Area on Friday with 524.5kg cannabis.
Another suspect identified as Aniekeme Eyibio, was also arrested at Ala Forest in the Akure North Local Government Area, where 293.5kg of the same psychoactive substance and a Dane gun were recovered from the suspect.
Babafemi said that while a 67-year-old Franklin Eze was arrested at Otuo, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo state on Thursday with 454 blocks of cannabis weighing 311kg loaded in his Lexus salon car marked EBM 812 AA. Also, one Abdullahi Shuaibu was arrested Tuesday at Ayangba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State with 43 blocks of compressed cannabis weighing 22kg and three pinches of methamphetamine.
Also, in Katsina State, a 24-year-old suspect, Danladi Adamu was arrested on Wednesday with 25.5kg cannabis sativa during a buy and bust operation at Kurmi Primary School in Malumfashi metropolis, while operatives in Gombe State arrested one Sulaiman Mohammed, at Lapandimtai, Kaltungo, with 47 blocks of same substance weighing 30kg concealed in two sacks of groundnut.
Babafemi stated, “While commending the officers and men of the MMIA, Ondo, Edo, Oyo, Lagos, Kogi, Katsina and Gombe Commands as well as those of DOGI for the arrests and seizures of the past week, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), urged them and their compatriots across all formations of the Agency to maintain the offensive action tempo and strive to surpass previous records while maintaining a balance with their drug demand reduction efforts.”