The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced that its operatives have intercepted shipments of methamphetamine and Loud, a potent synthetic strain of cannabis, worth billions of naira. The drugs were concealed in automobile spare parts imported from Canada and seized at the Tincan Seaport in Lagos.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency announced that its operatives have intercepted shipments of methamphetamine and Loud, a potent synthetic strain of cannabis, worth billions of naira. The drugs were concealed in automobile spare parts imported from Canada and seized at the Tincan Seaport in Lagos.
' The seizures were made during a joint examination of the shipments by NDLEA operatives, Customs officers, and other port stakeholders. These operations followed months of intelligence processing and tracking of the consignments from their point of origin in Canada to their arrival at the Lagos port. 'The first container, containing 5.001 kilograms of methamphetamine, came under NDLEA surveillance on 4th October 2024 when preparations for the shipment began in Toronto, Canada.
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