NDLEA Intercepts Indian hemp packaged as green tea
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted 66 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, packaged as green tea at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The seizure was made on June 5, after three weeks surveillance of the consignment weighing 62.20kg from Thailand.
The agency has also intercepted a consignment of 1,665kg skunk, another strain of cannabis, along Lekki-Ajah expressway in Lagos and arrested two suspects, Gidado Abdulrasaq Ayinde and Obanla Oluwafemi.
In Kaduna, operatives of the state command on patrol along Abuja – Kaduna expressway arrested 29-year-old Goodluck Nnaemeka with 612 bottles of codeine-based syrup and 2,970 pills of flunitrazepam.
“In another operation same day, a 52-year-old wanted drug dealer Kabiru Musa (a.k.a KB) was arrested at Kurmin Mashi. A total of 25.7kg skunk was earlier recovered from his base,” the agency said in a statement issued by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi.
Similarly, NDLEA operatives in Edo State have recovered 9kg Loud concealed the spare tyre compartment of an Audi station wagon car marked AAA 975 XU driven by one Atari Israel, 45, along Auchi road.
It added that two women, Favour Joy and Joy Igwe, were nabbed at Ikpoba hill area of Benin city in possession of 106.57kg skunk; 1kg Loud; 800grams Colorado and 302grams of methamphetamine.
