The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Canada-based nurse, Usman Grace Khadijat, for attempting to import parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis via the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in the Ikeja area of Lagos State.

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, October 20, 2024.

Babafemi noted that the nurse was arrested at the Lagos airport during the inward clearance of Air France passengers from Toronto, Canada via Paris, on October 4.

He stated: “During a search of her luggage, a total of 70 parcels of Canadian Loud, weighing 35.70kg were recovered from her.

“During her interview, she claimed she was in Nigeria to meet her boyfriend who instructed her to come with the large consignment of the highly sought-after synthetic cannabis.”

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Babafemi added that the NDLEA operatives, on Tuesday, October 15, arrested Andrew Joseph Anoriode with 3kg methamphetamine and 1.90kg cannabis along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway while 241kg of the same substance was recovered at Gbaji in the Badagry area of Lagos State.

The NDLEA spokesman said a suspected meth cook, Agbeiboh Oscar, was also apprehended on Tuesday at Abule Osun in Lagos with 265 grams of methamphetamine and different quantities of precursor chemicals for the manufacture of methamphetamine and others.

Babafemi stated that a 33-year-old suspect Sunday Jonathan Ogenyi, was arrested along the Bauchi-Jos expressway in Bauchi State with 76,600 pills of tramadol concealed in false compartments of his Toyota Sienna vehicle.

He added that the NDLEA operatives, on Tuesday, October 15, arrested three suspects – Goddey Obizuo, Samuel Aniete, and Kuffrey Aniete – at Afo village in Ondo State where 672kg cannabis sativa was seized from them.

Babafemi said a raid at Illushi forest in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State led to the destruction of 10,590.36kg cannabis spread on 4.236144 hectares of farmland.

The NDLEA spokesman listed the suspects arrested during the operation to include Benson Upuoni, 65; and 35-year-old Sunday Nwaeboyi.

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