The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized a consignment of 5.70kg codeine syrup going to the United Kingdom from a 51-year-old widow, Adewunmi Taiwo Atinuke, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State.
The NDLEA officers seized the consignment from the widow at the SAHCO export shed of the Lagos airport on Thursday, July 27, 2023.
The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Sunday, July 30.
Babafemi stated that a consignment of 8.5kg skunk concealed in a vehicle engine block going to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was also intercepted by the NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) attached to courier companies in Lagos on Tuesday, July 18, 2023.
He noted that another container load of Nitrous Oxide, popularly known as laughing gas, linked to a 30-year-old businessman, Stephen Eze, was seized on Tuesday, July 25, at the Apapa seaport in Lagos.
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The NDLEA spokesperson disclosed that two containers of the same substance imported from China by Eze were earlier seized on July 13 at the Apapa port, adding that the third shipment was intercepted during a joint examination of the container marked SUDU7431605 containing 8,336 canisters of Nitrous Oxide and pressure release nozzles.
Babafemi revealed that a 62-year-old man, Boniface Ogwurlobi, and Chimezie Onyenjuru, were arrested at Uli town in Ihila Local Government Area of Anambra State with 49.415kg cannabis sativa, 127.7grams of methamphetamine, and 15grams of cocaine during a raid operation on Friday, July 28.
He added that the NDLEA operatives, on Thursday, July 26, uncovered another skuchies factory in Sagamu, Ogun State, where a suspect, Femi Isiaka, was arrested.
He noted that two suspects – Francis Diamond, 26, and Adekunle Damilola, 26 – were also arrested in Ita Ogbolu forest, Ondo State, with 247.5kg cannabis.
The NDLEA spokesman said a Golf Car conveying the same substance weighing 308kg was also intercepted at Airport Junction along Akure-Ogbese Road on Wednesday, July 26 with a suspect 38-year-old suspect, Farouk Umar, arrested.
Speaking on the arrests and seizures, the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the anti-narcotics officers for their resilience and commitment.
Marwa also charged them and their counterparts across the country to remain undaunted by the various machinations of drug cartels and barons “who are daily frustrated and desperate due to the continued heat on them and their criminal trade”.
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