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How NDLEA Prevented Smuggling Of Drugs To US, Canada, France, Through International Airports

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Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have frustrated another attempt by drug dealers to smuggle out hard drugs through the international airports in Lagos, Kano and Abuja.
According to Ahmadu Garba, the Commander, MMIA Command of the NDLEA, the drug was concealed in dry local pepper and herbal concoction popularly called ‘agbo’.

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have frustrated another attempt by drug dealers to smuggle out hard drugs through the international airports in Lagos, Kano and Abuja.

At the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, the attempt by a 41-year-old Adewuyi Olayinka to smuggle to the United States 650 grammes of cocaine wrapped in two parcels through SAHCO shed at the international wing of the airport was foiled by the officials of the anti-narcotic agency who arrested him.

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According to Ahmadu Garba, the Commander, MMIA Command of the NDLEA, the drug was concealed in dry local pepper and herbal concoction popularly called ‘agbo’.

Similar attempts to export dangerous drugs through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja was also foiled by the NDLEA operatives who seized 200 kilogrammes of cocaine from the couriers.

Equally, an attempt by another trafficker to export 92.250 kilogrammes of Khat via Turkish Air through the cargo warehouse of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has also been frustrated as the hard drugs packed in six cartoons heading to Goussainville in France has been confiscated.

The clearing agent processing the consignment for export at Abuja airport was said to have claimed the cargo in six cartons was dried moringa leaves as stated in the airway bill but upon laboratory tests, it turned out to be hard drug.