Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted consignments of illicit drugs including cocaine, methamphetamine and its precursor chemical, ephedrine going to the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand and Cyprus.
The drugs were concealed in bunches of fishing threads and packed among other items in jumbo sacks that were intercepted at the SAHCO export shed of the Lagos airport on Sunday 31st January and Monday 1st February.
The Illicit drugs were intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and some courier companies.
This was contained in a statement by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi on Sunday.
According to Babafemi, at least three traders at the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo area of Lagos were also arrested over the seizure.
The traders are identified as Nwudele Basil Christopher; Chiedu Ezenwani Francis and Donatus Nwojiji .
” They were arrested in connection with attempts to export 52.10 kilograms of ephedrine, a precursor chemical and active ingredient for the production of methamphetamine,
“It took the painstaking efforts of NDLEA officers and deployment of sniffer dogs to be able to discover the complex mode of concealment of the illicit substance.
