๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐-๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ-๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐, ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐.๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐, ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic cannabis strain worth over N2.1 billion at the Port Harcourt seaports and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
This was made known in a statement signed by the agencyโs Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and shared on the agencyโs website on Sunday.
Additionally, NDLEA operatives arrested a 70-year-old grandfather with 57.2kg of cannabis in Nasarawa State, and two suspects with 426kg of cannabis in Ekiti State.
Other arrests were made in the FCT, Katsina, and Nasarawa.
The statement said, โLarge consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis worth over N2.1bn in street value have been intercepted at the Port Harcourt seaports, Onne and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
At the Lagos airport, NDLEA officers with the cooperation of other security agencies on Friday 31st May 2024 intercepted a large consignment of Loud, packed in eight suitcases, containing 320 parcels with a total weight of 164.50kg of the strong psychoactive substance coming from Canada on a KLM flight via Amsterdam, Netherlands.
โThe consignment estimated to be worth N960m which was brought in by a passenger, Ughenu Nnaife Francis was discovered at the E-arrival hall of the airport by personnel of NDLEA, Customs and others during a joint search operation by the security operatives while the suspect was attempting to smuggle the suitcases out of the hall.โ
According to the statement, the suspect arrested at the Lagos airport claimed he was recruited to transport drugs from Canada to Nigeria for a fee of 6 million naira.
