Ibrahim Mohammed
Cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads and hair treatment cream containers transiting to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus have been seized by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
Femi Babafemi, NDLEA director of Media and Advocacy made this announcement on Sunday via a release on the agency’s official Facebook page.
The seizure was made at three courier companies in Lagos State.
Thirty parcels of cocaine weighing 1.1 kilograms were hidden in hair cream containers were confiscated by NDLEA operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, during examination of cargoes going to Ireland on Tuesday 3rd September 2024.
The personnel, on the 6th September, 2024 also intercepted 24 parcels of cocaine weighing 862 grams also stuffed in hair cream containers for delivery in UK.
In a similar development, a total of 525 pills of tramadol 225mg and ecstasy (MDMA) concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads going to Cyprus were seized at another courier firm in Lagos by NDLEA operatives on Tuesday 3rd September, while a shipment of 200 ampoules of promethazine injection and pentazocine injection (opioids) hidden in food items and herbs heading to London, UK, was also seized by operatives on Wednesday 4th September. Operatives equally intercepted another consignment of tramadol 225mg buried in granulated melon that came from Cameroon and going to South Africa on Friday 6th September.
Again, 550,000 pills of tramadol were intercepted at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt on Monday 2nd September during a joint Inspection of a cargo that came from Delhi, India, with men of the Nigerian Customs Service while a suspect was already arrested in connection with the seizure.
NDLEA in a joint operation with men of the Nigerian Army on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th September destroyed three Cannabis Sativa farms located at Ise/Orun local government area of Ekiti State.
The cannabis which was planted on a 51 hectares of land weighed 100,000 kilograms.