NDLEA intercepts drug syndicate smuggling cocaine, cannabis in body cream to UK, others
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA
Abdullateef Fowewe
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted some drug trafficking syndicates while trying to export 2.928kg cocaine, cannabis and tramadol 225mg concealed in body cream containers, and pieces of art work to Australia, the United Arab Emirate and the United Kingdom through some courier companies in Lagos.
This was divulged in a statement on Sunday, by the NDLEA Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday.
It reads, “Attempts by some drug trafficking syndicates to export 2.928kg cocaine, cannabis and tramadol 225mg concealed in body cream containers, and pieces of art work to Australia, United Arab Emirate and United Kingdom through some courier companies in Lagos were also blocked by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, on Monday 28th October.”
Babafemi also disclosed that the agency recovered drug consignments worth N4.4 billion hidden in the lavatories of an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft.
“The attempt by members of an international drug syndicate operating between Brazil, Ethiopia, and Nigeria to smuggle into Lagos a total of 845 wraps of cocaine weighing 18.72 kilogrammes has been thwarted, with the consignments recovered by NDLEA operatives at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja.
“The drug consignments, worth N4,492,800,000 in street value, were recovered from two lavatories of an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft during the post-landing cleaning of flight ET900 from Addis Ababa to Lagos on Tuesday, October 29, 2024.
“The illicit drug consignments were wrapped in nine polythene bags and concealed in the waste collectors in the two rear lavatories of the aircraft, from where they were recovered after the MMIA Strategic Command of the NDLEA was alerted to the strange objects. No fewer than 30 suspects have so far been questioned in connection with the seizure,” the statement added.
