The operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) have intercepted a male passenger trying to smuggle 4,000 tramadol capsules by way of the Muhammad Murtala Worldwide Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos.
In line with a press release launched by Mr. Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy for the NDLEA, the suspect’s plot was uncovered on the departure corridor of gate ‘C’ of the Lagos airport on Friday. The try was to export the capsules to Malpensa, Italy, aboard an Ethiopian Airline flight.
The NDLEA interception
The concealment of the psychoactive substance was executed, hidden inside ladies’s put on and granulated melon, rigorously stowed away within the suspect’s backpack alongside one other bag containing innocuous meals gadgets.
- Babafemi revealed that upon interrogation, the apprehended suspect, a frequent flyer, confessed to being employed for 700 Euros to efficiently ship the contraband in Italy.
- In the meantime, in Bayelsa State, NDLEA operatives apprehended a 28-year-old lady within the Amarata space of Yenagoa on April 24.
- She stands accused of manufacturing and distributing muffins laced with illicit medicine, notably hashish sativa. Upon her arrest, a major variety of drugged muffins, weighing 1.5kg, have been seized from her possession.
- This incident comes on the heels of the arrest of a 20-year-old hair stylist and a dispatch rider on March 10 in Yenagoa, who have been additionally implicated in the same offense.
Moreover, in Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, NDLEA operatives seized 24,180 ampoules of pentazocine injection, weighing 135.5 kilograms, from undisclosed perpetrators.
In Adamawa state, an adolescent was nabbed throughout a raid on his residence within the Shuware space of Mubi on April 26. Authorities uncovered 20.700kg of hashish in his possession.
In a separate operation, NDLEA operatives recovered a staggering 310.7kg of hashish throughout raids carried out on April 25 in Mushin, Lagos state.