The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested several suspects and seized large quantities of illicit drugs at airports and other locations across Nigeria.
A China-based Nigerian businessman, Ibeanu Vincent Chukwudulue, and two Angolan citizens were caught with 236 wraps of cocaine at Abuja and Kano airports. The suspects had ingested the drugs and were attempting to travel to China and Turkey.
In Lagos, NDLEA operatives intercepted a consignment of cocaine sent from a Lagos jail by a convicted drug kingpin, Olashupo Michael Oladimeji. The consignment was hidden in processed cassava granules (Garri) and was bound for London.
Other seizures include 1.70kg of skunk, 59.2g of Canadian Loud, and 73 cartons of nitrous oxide. A production factory for Colorado, a synthetic cannabis, was also raided in Lekki.
Several suspects were arrested, including a female drug dealer, Oluwayemisi Bunmi, with 1.189kg of Colos and 320g of methamphetamine. The NDLEA chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa, commended the officers involved and urged them to continue their efforts against drug trafficking.
