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NDLEA Intercepts, Confisticates 200kg Of Drugs In Lagos, Abuja, Kano Airports

Chairman/Chief Executive of the agency, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the Commanders, men and officers

by The Union Nigeria
March 22, 2021
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NDLEA Arrests 27-Year-Old Drug Queen With Narcotics At MMIA Airport

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has intercepted and confisticated 200kg of hard drugs at Lagos, Abuja and Kano airports.

This was contained in a statement that was issued in Abuja on Sunday by the director, Media & Advocacy of the agency Femi Babafemi.

The statement indicated that efforts by some defiant traffickers attempting to export hard drugs through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, (MMIA), Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, (MAKIA) Kano were foiled.

Hence 200kg of hard drugs were intercepted by the agency’s operatives and the illicit substances seized from them.

The statement reads, “At the Lagos airport, a 41-year-old Adewuyi Olayinka was arrested while trying to export 650 grammes of cocaine wrapped in two parcels to the United Kingdom through the SAHCO export shed of the MMIA cargo, Ikeja.

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The statement quoted the Commander, MMIA Command of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Garba, as saying that the drug was concealed in dry local pepper and herbal concoction popularly called agbo In the same vein, 107 kilogrammes of hard drug suspected to be Khat has been seized at the cargo shed of the Kano airport while being exported to Canada.

Also, the Ag. Commander, MAKIA Command of the NDLEA, Mohammed Ajiya, was quoted saying that the drug, which weighed 107kgs was concealed in golden colour nylon bags covered with textile materials and labelled tea with a view to deceive and mislead our officers.

“The so called tea arouse the suspicion of officers at the cargo shed who insisted that it must be subjected to laboratory analysis and test before it will be allowed to go, because the so called tea came from Lagos by road to Kano and our operatives wondered why the owner did not ship it via Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos.

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“Hence, the reason the shipment was delayed until sample was taken and sent to our forensic lab for analysis.

“The result came out positive for khat, it has since been seized and is now in our custody.

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The statement equally indicated that an attempt by a trafficker to export 92.250 kilogrammes of Khat via Turkish Air through the cargo warehouse, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, was also frustrated and the hard drug packed in six cartoons heading to Goussainville in France confiscated.

Kabir Sani Tsakuwa, the NDLEA Commander at the Abuja airport was quoted to have said that 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 hard drug.

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Chairman/Chief Executive of the agency, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the Commanders, men and officers of the three international airports Commands for their vigilance and efforts to secure Nigerians and citizens of destination countries from the menace of illicit drugs.

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