Operatives of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has intercepted a 4.3kg of skunk imported from Canada.
Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy said the package, came on an Ethiopian Airline and was concealed in nine packs of cereals.
According to him the command also intercepted one Babatunde Usman Omogbolahan Bakare on July 9th with 550grams of cannabis and 50grams of Rohypnol (Flunitrazepam) concealed in six jerry cans of local herbal mixtures called Gabo at SAHCO export shed, MMIA, Ikeja.
The drug was detected during outward clearance of Cargo going to Dubai.
Earlier on Tuesday 6th July, operatives of the MMIA Command, conducted a follow-up operation at Gate 2, Ladipo Oluwole Street, opposite Guinness Bottling Company, Ikeja, where one Animashaun Kabiru was apprehended for questioning about a bag containing bitter cola, which was brought for export to the UK.
When the bag of bitter kola was searched, it was discovered that the bitter kola were mixed with some wraps of a substance suspected to be illicit drug.
Thirty-six wraps of the suspected substance later tested positive for Cocaine weighing 600grams.
In a related development, an Uber driver, Lawal Tunde Rasheed, arrested on 8th June in connection with the seizure of a cocaine consignment has been let off the hook following his cooperation that led to the arrest of the real owner of the drug, Mr. Egbo Emmanuel Maduka, who in his statement accepted ownership of the consignment and absolved Lawal of any complicity.
While commending officers and men of the MMIA Command of the Agency for the series of seizures and arrests in the past week, Gen. Marwa asked them not to rest on their oars, adding that we must all remain fully prepared and proactive at all times if we have to battle this scourge to a standstill.
