Agents from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have exposed illegal substances intended for shipment to Europe, the United Arab Emirates, and Asia.
In a statement released on Sunday, NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi revealed that the intercepted illicit substances included varying quantities of methamphetamine and opioids concealed in the hems of new jeans trousers, dolls, buttons, local soap, and tins of Milo beverage.
Babafemi noted that the operation was conducted by operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) at courier houses in Lagos. Some of the confiscated items included tramadol 225mg hidden in the hems of new jeans trousers destined for Cyprus, cannabis sativa concealed in the heads of dolls bound for Dubai, sachets of tramadol 225mg buried in tins of Milo beverage en route to the UAE, and another batch of the same drug concealed in local soap also heading to the UAE.
Additionally, the seized items comprised a consignment of methamphetamine hidden in buttons destined for Hong Kong and a shipment of another illicit substance originating from Florida, USA.
“Operatives in Lagos on Friday 1st December also arrested a drug kingpin, Okechukwu Ogala, 56, who specialises in exploiting and recruiting young citizens to export meth to Asian countries.”
“He was arrested at Blue Moon Hotel in Okota area of Lagos with 60 wraps of methamphetamine weighing 1.009 kilograms.”
“In another operation in Lagos, operatives on Friday 1st December recovered 393kgs of cannabis in a shop at Akala, Mushin while a suspect, Justin Enuonye, who deals in Canadian Loud was arrested by the police at Victoria Island and transferred to Lagos Command of NDLEA on Friday 1st December with 154 parcels weighing 92kgs.”
“A team of NDLEA operatives also intercepted a vehicle at Oyingbo area of Lagos and recovered 108kgs of cannabis from it, while 675 kilograms of the same substance were recovered from the store of a wanted dealer, Wahab Olota at Adedoja area of Mushin, Lagos,” Babafemi said.