The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency intercepted ecstasy and cannabis concealed in winter jackets and bottles of body lotion at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos.
The psychoactive chemicals were discovered at the airport’s new terminal on Friday, April 14th, following the arrest of a passenger, Joshia Sunday, who was flying from Doha to Oman, Middle East, on a Qatar Airline aircraft via Doha.
According to the NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued on Sunday, the officers made the discovery after a thorough search of the suspect’s two black bags revealed 4.80 kilograms of cannabis concealed in three winter jackets and various quantities of Tramadol, Rohypnol, and Ecstasy hidden in bottles of body lotion.
He said their preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect came into Nigeria from Oman on April 7, and was returning exactly a week after.
In the same vein, a Lekki Lagos-based businessman, Cyril Chidiebere was on Friday 14th April arrested along with two of his freight agents: Mejabi Peter Sunday and Oyeyinka Babatunde over their involvement in the importation of 12 parcels of Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 6.50kg.
Babafemi said narcotics were part of a consolidated cargo brought in from the United States of America.
“The arrest and seizure followed a three-day intelligence-led operation. Following the arrival of the cargo at the NAHCO import shed of the MMIA, its movement out of the airport was closely monitored in a sting operation until the actual importer, Cyril Chidiebere, was arrested in his house at Abraham Adesanya estate, Ajah, Lekki area of Lagos. Both Mejabi and Chidiebere have made useful statements to confirm that the latter has been involved in dealing illicit drugs in the past,” he said.
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Also, a pregnant woman, Rabetu Abdulrasak, 24, and a cripple, Shehu Adams have been arrested by NDLEA operatives in Agbede, Etsako West LGA, Edo state.
NDLEA spokesperson disclosed that over 14 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs including cannabis, methamphetamine, tramadol and swinol were recovered from the two suspects on Saturday 15th April.
Speaking further on their arrests, Babafemi revealed that 22-year-old HND 1 female student of Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun state, Isoyo Iveren Susan was also nabbed on Saturday 15th April.
“Isoyo Susan was arrested opposite the 2nd Gate of the institution for dealing in illicit drugs. Recovered from her include 1,100ML of codeine-based cough syrup and 283 grams of cannabis”, he said.
Also, NDLEA operatives in Lagos arrested two suspects: Nonso Peter, 21, and Bright Chibike, 23, with 43.4kg cannabis at Ile-Epo, Abule Egba area of the state on Friday 14th April.
In Katsina state, no less than 1,730 bottles of codeine-based syrup were seized from a suspect, Bishir Sa’adu in Katsina metropolis on Sunday 9th April just as Muhamadu Yusuf was equally arrested the same day with 8,000 capsules of tramadol inside a commercial bus along Kano – Katsina road.
Again, NDLEA operatives in Kaduna on Thursday 13th April raided a clandestine laboratory where mist potassium citrate was being produced in a residential apartment at 16 Sabon Gari, Zaria.
The owner of the lab, Christopher Agodi was arrested and 102 cartons containing 2,448 bottles of the substance were recovered.
Meanwhile, a suspect, Salisu Abdullahi, 25, was arrested along Abuja-Kaduna road with 11.7kg cannabis concealed in two jerrycans, which he was moving from Port Harcourt to Kano.
Operatives also on Saturday 15th April nabbed one Atiku Abubakar, 22, on the same road with 50 blocks of cannabis weighing 28kg while travelling from Lagos to Shinkafi in Zamfara state in a commercial bus.
Similarly, anti-narcotic officers acting on a tip-off, arrested two suspects: Aminu Saudi, 45 and Abdullahi Sani, 35, at Ogbese, Ondo state, with 11 jumbo bags containing 211kg of cannabis concealed in rice chaff. “This was closely followed by the destruction of six hectares of cannabis farm in Uso forest in the state on Thursday 13th April”, Babafemi added.
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