The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said it arrested a male passenger carrying 4,000 tramadol pills at the Muhammad Murtala International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi explained that NDLEA officers at the gate ‘C ‘departure hall of the Lagos airport on Friday foiled the suspect’s attempt to export the pills to Malpensa, Italy, on an Ethiopian Airline flight.
He noyed that the psychoactive substance was found concealed in women’s wear, granulated melon packed in the suspect’s backpack, and another bag containing food items.
“In his statement, the suspect, who is a frequent flyer, confessed he was hired for 700 euros on successful delivery of the consignment in Italy,“ he said.
In Bayelsa, NDLEA operatives apprehended a 28-year-old woman on April 24 in the Amarata area of Yenagoa.
She was arrested for producing and distributing cakes laced with illicit drugs, particularly cannabis sativa. At the time of her arrest, a substantial number of these drugged cakes, weighing 1.5kg, were recovered from her possession.
Similarly, on March 10, NDLEA operatives in Yenagoa arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist and a dispatch rider for a similar offence. In Kaduna, another individual was arrested with 24,180 ampoules of pentazocine injection, weighing 135.5 kilograms, at Sabon Tasha.
In Adamawa State, a teenager was apprehended with 20.700kg of cannabis during a raid on his house in the Shuware area of Mubi on April 26. Additionally, in Lagos State, NDLEA operatives recovered no less than 310.7 kg of cannabis on April 25 during raids in parts of Mushin.
