The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has seize hard drugs worth 200 kilograms at the international airports in Lagos, Abuja and Kano.
A statement by the Agency’s Director, Media, and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, says 41-year-old Adewuyi Olayinka was arrested in Lagos while trying to export 650 grams of cocaine wrapped in two parcels to the United Kingdom through the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA cargo, Ikeja.
According to the Commander, MMIA Command of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Garba, the drug was concealed in dry local pepper and herbal concoction popularly called agbo.
In the same vein, 107 kilograms of hard drug suspected to be Khat have been seized at the cargo shed of the Kano airport while being exported to Canada.
According to the Acting Commander, Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA Command of the NDLEA, Mohammed Ajiya, the drug, which weighed 107 kilograms was concealed in golden colour nylon bags covered with textile materials and labelled tea with a view to deceive and mislead officers.
Equally, an attempt by a trafficker to export 92.250 kilograms of Khat via Turkish Air through the cargo warehouse of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has also been frustrated and the hard drug packed in six cartoons heading to Goussainville in France confiscated.
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NDLEA Commander at the Abuja airport, Kabir Sani Tsakuwa said the clearing agent processing the consignment for export claimed the cargo was dried moringa leaves as stated in the airway bill but upon laboratory tests, it turned out to be a hard drug.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
