The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it intercepted 200kg of hard drugs at the Lagos, Abuja, Kano Airports.
This was disclosed by the Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday
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The agency said attempts by some defiant traffickers to export hard drugs through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano was foiled by operatives of the NDLEA, with 200 kilogrammes of the illicit substances seized from them.
The NDLEA said 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.
According to the Commander, MMIA Command of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Garba, the drug was concealed in dry local pepper and herbal concoction popularly called ‘agbo’.
