NDLEA Seizes drug consignments hidden in imported cars.

By Salihu Ali and Stella Akupue, Abuja

Operatives of Nigeria’s Anti-narcotic Agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized 126 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis weighing 63 kilograms concealed in a used Toyota Corolla car imported from Toronto, Canada, at the Tincan port in Lagos.

Also, a freight agent, Mordi Chukwuemeka Samuel attempted l, to export 900 grams of the same substance, hidden in food items, to Kenya but was thwarted by NDLEA operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on Saturday 29th April.

He said when Mordi presented the bag, which he claimed contained food items for export, operatives noticed that while searching the consignment, the side walls of the pack were unevenly bloated, after which they dismantled the false packings and recovered the illicit substance.

The previous day, Friday, 28th April, NDLEA operatives at the Tincan port intercepted 63kg Canadian Loud packed in bags in the boot of one of the five used vehicles in a container marked TLLU4840762 coming from Toronto via Montreal during a joint examination with other stakeholders at the port.

NDLEA Seizes drug consignments hidden in imported cars.

In another development, men of the Agency’s Directorate of Operations and Investigation, DOGI, attached to courier firms on Thursday, 27th April, intercepted a 1.53kg skunk concealed in old hard drives meant for export to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Meanwhile, in Benue state, NDLEA operatives recovered 859 bottles of Codeine-based Syrup weighing 117.3kg abandoned by a suspected dealer about two kilometres from the NDLEA checkpoint along Enugu – Otukpo road on Wednesday, 26th April.

Also, two suspects, Kabiru Muhammed, 35, and Isah Muhammed, 28, were arrested with 20 blocks of cannabis weighing 11.2kg concealed in a bag of cassava flakes (garri) along Zaria-Kano road, Kano, on Friday, 28th April.

According to BabaFemi, no fewer than seven bags of cannabis with a gross weight of 74.5kg were recovered when operatives raided an uncompleted building located in a bush in Ala town, Akure area of Ondo state just as 60 kilograms of the same substance concealed among footwears in two jumbo sacks was recovered from one Aminu Mohammed along Ibadan – Oyo road, Oyo state while waiting to board a vehicle to Kebbi State.

Also, in Adamawa state, NDLEA operatives on Saturday, 29th April, raided a clandestine factory in Mubi, where a new psychoactive substance, Akuskura, was being produced in large quantity
and distributed to Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic.

Production activities were ongoing on the premises. At the time of the raid

The Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd commended the officers and men of the affected commands for their vigilance and professionalism in discharging their responsibilities.

He charged them and their colleagues across the country not to rest on their oars.

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