Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 12 large parcels of cocaine concealed in the false bottom of food flasks heading to the United Kingdom via a Virgin Atlantic Airline flight from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos.
Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, who made this known in a statement, said the consignment with a gross weight of 2.80 kilograms was intercepted last Thursday by NDLEA operatives attached to the export shed of the Lagos airport.
He said two cargo agents involved in the export – Ama Obinna Ufeim, 33, and Ogabi Monday Akorede, 39 – were arrested, adding that a 52-year-old freight and forwarding agent, Agoro Tajudeen Moninuola, the sender of the consignment, was arrested in a follow-up.
In a similar operation on April 8, NDLEA officers at the import shed of the Lagos airport intercepted a consignment of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, with a gross weight of 2.90 kilograms concealed in snack food packs, which arrived from the United States aboard a Delta Airlines flight.
It stated that two cargo clearing agents – Animashaun Moshood Adetunji and Mercy Gabriel Oluwasegun – were initially arrested in connection with the seizure before the consignee, Saheed Adeshina Adegoke, a fashion designer, 29, was nabbed in a follow-up at 3 Oba Ogunji Road, Ogba, Lagos, on April 13.
The statement reads: “In Kaduna, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kaduna-Zaria highway by Gwargwaje Zaria on Monday, April 13, intercepted a trailer conveying cement heading to Hadeja in Jigawa State.
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