- NDLEA seized 66 parcels of Loud cannabis at Lagos airport and 1,665kg of skunk in Lekki-Ajah.
- Multiple arrests and drug recoveries were made in Kaduna, Edo, and Benin.
- WADA drug awareness campaigns held in schools and communities nationwide.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized no fewer than sixty-six (66) parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, packaged as green tea.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that operatives of the NDLEA at the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos intercepted the illicit drugs on Thursday.
EDITOR’S PICK
- Agrithon 2025: Lagos State Launches N150m Grant Initiative for Agripreneurs
- SWPRG Declares Support for Tinubu’s Re-election and Ambode’s Return
- Nigerian Air Force Personnel Dies While Serving Punishment
The agency’s Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said the seizure made was based on credible intelligence received ahead of the arrival of the consignment at the cargo wing of the airport on 11th May.
Babafemi said, “The NDLEA had watch-listed the shipment, and sustained surveillance around it for over three weeks before inviting other stakeholders for a joint examination last Thursday.
“The Loud consignment weighing 62.20kg was concealed inside wraps of green tea that came from Thailand via UAE on an Emirate Airlines flight.”
In a related development, a consignment of 1,665kg skunk, a strain of cannabis, was also intercepted along the Lekki-Ajah expressway, while two suspects, Gidado Abdulrasaq Ayinde and Obanla Oluwafemi were promptly arrested in connection with the seizure.
The NDLEA Spokesman further recounted the successful operations the agency recently recorded in other states.
Babafemi said, “In Kaduna, operatives of the state command of NDLEA on patrol along Abuja – Kaduna expressway on Tuesday, 3rd June, arrested 29-year-old Goodluck Nnaemeka with 612 bottles of codeine-based syrup and 2,970 pills of flunitrazepam. In another operation on the same day, a 52-year-old wanted drug dealer, Kabiru Musa (a.k.a KB), was arrested at Kurmin Mashi. A total of 25.7kg skunk was earlier recovered from his base.
“While a total of 9kg Loud was recovered from the spare tyre compartment of an Audi station wagon car marked AAA 975 XU driven by Atari Israel, 45, along Auchi road, Edo state, two young ladies: Favour Joy and Joy Igwe were on Tuesday 3rd June nabbed at Ikpoba hill area of Benin city. Recovered from them include: 106.57kg skunk, 1kg Loud, 800 grams of Colorado and 302 grams of methamphetamine.
“The War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands equally continued across the country in the past week. Some of them include: WADA sensitization lecture delivered to students and staff of Sir Usman Nagogo College of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Katsina; Fountain of Knowledge International Academy, Abakaliki, Ebonyi; Prof. Eyo Ita Municipal Model Primary School, Calabar, Cross River; Millennium High School, Egbeda, Lagos; and Community Secondary School, Ichida Anaocha, Anambra; while Zone 13 Command of NDLEA paid a WADA advocacy visit to the Amayanabo of Nembe kingdom, Dr. Edmund Dakoru, Mingi Xii, in Nembe, Bayelsa state; among others.”
Following the development, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) commended the officers and men of MMIA, Lagos, Kaduna, and Edo Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures.
FURTHER READING
- Why I Joined APC – Gov Eno
- Tinubu, Others Mourn ‘Gwo Gwo’ Crooner Ejeagha
- We Spent N577m To Deport 35 Nigerians – Irish Govt
Marwa also praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for pursuing a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
