NDLEA Intercepts Drug Consignments in Wooden Statue, Imported Vehicle * Seizes 3,975kgs skunk, 58,200 tramadol Michael Olugbode in Abuja Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted over 37.5 kilogrammes of illicit substances at airport and seaport in Lagos in the last one week.
He said: “No less than 37.5 kilogrammes of such illicit consignments were intercepted in the past week, with the arrest of 11 suspects in interdiction operations that led to the seizure of almost four tons of skunk in Kaduna, Kano and Lagos State.” He said arrested at a warehouse at Rido village last Wednesday include: Edward Emmanuel, 28; and Miracle Madu, with 298 bags of cannabis sativa weighing 3,576 kilogrammes.
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