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NDLEA Intercepts Illicit Drug Packaged As Green Tea At Lagos Airport

by Ejike Ejike
3 months ago
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than 66 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, packaged as green tea at the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos.

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The Loud consignment weighing 62.20kg was concealed inside wraps of green tea that came from Thailand via UAE on an Emirate Airlines flight.

NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said the seizure made on Thursday, June 5, 2025 was based on credible intelligence received ahead of the arrival of the consignment at the cargo wing of the airport on May 11th.

The anti-narcotic agency had watch-listed the shipment, and sustained surveillance around the consignment for over three weeks before inviting other stakeholders for a joint examination last Thursday.

In another operation in Lagos, NDLEA operatives on Monday, June 2nd, intercepted a consignment of 1,665kg skunk, a strain of cannabis, along Lekki-Ajah expressway.

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Two suspects, Gidado Abdulrasaq Ayinde and Obanla Oluwafemi were promptly arrested in connection with the seizure.

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 same day, a 52-year-old wanted drug dealer Kabiru Musa, a.k.a KB, was arrested at Kurmin Mashi with a total of 25.7kg skunk recovered from his base.

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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.

Exhibits recovered from them include 106.57kg skunk; 1kg Loud; 800 grams Colorado and 302 grams of methamphetamine.


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