National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a consignment of Colorado, a very strong strain of cannabis, concealed in boxing kits imported from the United States of America (USA).
The consignment was intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos on New Year Day.
The consignment had arrived in the country on Monday, January 1, 2024, via Cairo on an Egypt Airlines flight marked as boxing kits.
NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said in a statement that the receiver, 38-year-old Olorunfunmi Saheed Olakunle, who distributes the dangerous psychoactive substance to dealers across Lagos State was arrested after a weeklong intelligence-led operation on Saturday 6th January following the successful tracking.
According to Saheed, he delivers such consignments to different recipients whenever his childhood friend, US-based Sagir Salami, sends them.
The latest shipment has a total weight of 1.80 kilogrammes.
The NDLEA also said a 28-year-old female supplier of ammunition to bandits, Bilkisu Suleman, came top on the list of 12 other suspects arrested by NDLEA operatives in New Year interdiction operations in Kaduna, Lagos, Niger, Kogi, Kano, Borno, and Osun states.
Bilkisu was arrested on Wednesday 3rd January by NDLEA officers on patrol along Zaria – Kano expressway in possession of 249 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition concealed in a black nylon bag kept in her lady’s handbag.
