The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, an imported strong synthetic strain of cannabis, packaged in 324 bags with a gross weight of 111.2 kilograms in the Onikan area of Lagos Island, Lagos State.
The illicit drugs were being conveyed for distribution in an unregistered Grand Caravan vehicle by a 42-year-old suspect, Taofeek Yusuf.
The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the of Taofeek and seizure of the imported on Friday, January 12, 2024, following credible intelligence, came on the heels of the arrest of another drug trafficking suspect, Godwin ThankGod, the previous day (January 11) by NDLEA officers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State.
Babafemi noted that 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.
“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 to the discovery of five cartons consisting 50 bottles of codeine syrup and 300 tablets of rohypnol,” he disclosed.
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He added that the NDLEA operatives at the SAHCO import shed of Lagos airport, on Friday, January 12, recovered 30,000 packs of tramadol 225mg consisting 300,000 pills.
The NDLEA spokesman said 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.
While commending the anti-narcotic officers for the arrests and seizures, the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, 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.
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