The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a male passenger carrying 4,000 tramadol pills at the Muhammad Murtala International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos. This incident was disclosed in a statement by Mr. Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi stated that NDLEA officers at the gate 'C' departure hall of the Lagos airport on Friday intercepted the suspect's attempt to export the pills to Malpensa, Italy, on an Ethiopian Airline flight. The psychoactive substance was found concealed in women's wears and granulated melon packed in the suspect's backpack and another bag containing food items.
"The suspect, a frequent flyer, confessed that he was hired for 700 Euros upon successful delivery of the consignment in Italy," Babafemi said.
In a separate incident in Bayelsa, NDLEA operatives on April 24 arrested a 28-year-old woman in the Amarata area of Yenagoa. She was apprehended for producing and distributing cakes laced with illicit drugs, especially cannabis sativa. At the time of her arrest, a substantial number of the drugged cakes, weighing 1.5kg, were recovered from her possession.
Similarly, a 20-year-old hair stylist and a dispatch rider were arrested on March 10 by NDLEA operatives in Yenagoa for a similar offence. They were caught with 24,180 ampoules of pentazocine injection, weighing 135.5 kilograms, at Sabon Tasha, Kaduna.
Additionally, a teenager was nabbed with 20.700kg of cannabis when his house in the Shuware area of Mubi, Adamawa state, was raided on April 26. In another development, NDLEA operatives recovered no less than 310.7kg of cannabis on April 25 during raids in parts of Mushin, Lagos state.
