NDLEA intercepts multiple drug consignments in baby food tins, cloths going to US, UK

...Seizes Loud shipments hidden in body compartments of 4 vehicles from Canada; arrests 10 in Lagos, Ondo, Edo, Kogi raids

Multiple consignments of illicit drugs concealed in tins of Cerelac baby food and cloths going to the United States and United Kingdom have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, and a courier firm in Lagos.

No less than 36 parcels of a strong strain of cannabis concealed in six cartons of tins of branded Nestle Cerelac baby food, with six containers in each package were recovered at the SAHCOL export shed of Lagos airport on Wednesday 31st July 2024. The psychotropic substance has a total weight of 18.50 kilograms.

A freight agent, Salaudeen Suliat Abiola who presented the consignment for export to the UK was promptly arrested while a follow up operation to Ibadan, Oyo state on Saturday 3rd August led to the arrest of the sender of the cargo, Bello Motunrayo Folu at her No. 20 Mofoluwasho Estate, Elewuro, Akobo area of the Oyo state capital.

The Cerelac tins were all factory-sealed at the top while they tampered with the bottom through which they put the substances covered with loose quantities of the infant cereal meal to prevent discovery, an effort that ended in futility as vigilant NDLEA officers were able to foil the attempt.

In the same vein, five different shipments of opioids and other psychoactive substances, such as promethazine, pentazocine, diazepam, tramadol, and morphine concealed in cloths and other items meant for export to the US and UK were equally interrupted by NDLEA operatives in Lagos.

While one of the shipments containing 820grams of promethazine and pentazocine injections was going to the United States, the remaining four parcels consisting of over two kilograms of opioids such as tramadol 225mg, molly and NPS were heading to the United Kingdom. They were all intercepted on Monday 29th July at a logistics company in Lagos.

Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives at the Tincan port in Lagos on Friday 2nd August recovered 77 packages of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis from the body compartments of four vehicles: Toyota Highlander, Ford Explorer, Toyota Corolla and Toyota Sienna imported from Canada during a joint examination of some containers with men of the Customs Service and other stakeholders.

The seized consignments have a total weight of 38.5 kilograms while two suspects: Salami Abiodun Sunday, 34 and Lekan Atoyebi, 33, assigned to clear the shipments have been taken into custody.

While Isiagu Sunday was arrested in Mushin Ojuoye, Lagos on Thursday 1st August with 1,740 bottles of codeine syrup weighing 174 litres and 1,070 tablets of Molly weighing 600grams, no less than 50 bags of cannabis with a gross weight of 520kg were recovered in the bush at Isuada, Owo council area of Ondo state just as five suspects were arrested at Itaogbolu forest, Akure North LG area of the state. The suspects nabbed in connection with the seizure of 42kg of same psychoactive substance include: Jimoh Omotosho, 63; Donald Obi, 62; Emmanuel Patrick, 21; Kayode Oluwaseun, 39; and John Nsikan, 34.

In Edo state, twenty-two and a half bags of cannabis weighing 220kg were recovered from Egbeta community, Ovia North East area of Edo state on Tuesday 30th July while a suspect, Osayede Aghoma was arrested. Another suspect, Ibrahim Abubakar, 55, was on Wednesday 31st July nabbed with 40 blocks of same substance weighing 19.200kg along Okene-Lokoja highway in a commercial bus coming from Lagos enroute Kano.

With the same drive, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, sensitization activities in schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week. These include: WADA enlightenment lecture for students and staff of Khuddam College of Health Technology, Kofar Kaura, Katsina state; staff of Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, Delta state; youths of St. Gabriel Catholic Church, Okpuno Awka, Anambra state and WADA advocacy visit to the Lisa of Ifon and community leaders, Ondo state, among others.

While commending the officers and men of MMIA, Kogi, Edo, Ondo, Lagos, and Tincan, Commands as well as those of DOGI for the arrests and seizures, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) noted their drug supply reduction efforts balanced with WADA sensitization activities while he charged them and their compatriots across the country to maintain the zeal and tempo.

Femi Babafemi
Director, Media & Advocacy
NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja
Sunday 4th August 2024

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Nlfpmod mynd44

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Holly Gram Nice one !


Abeg i go like work with NDLEA.


I go like make dem put me for department of people way go de kip all the hard drugs.


Or make dem put me for the department of people way go test the hard drugs to confirm if na original or fake.


LITE UP my WEED in peace


WTF MAN!

Chai ! Chai ! Pellow Kwantirimans I am weeping bitter tears today just looking at those aromatic buds of prime-quality Canadian-grown weed that ought to have been made available to Nigeria's connoisseurs of fine cannabis but will now be stored in the evidence room before being shared among the usual crew of rats.

Legalize it, yeah, and I will advertise it. Nigeria stands to earn billions of naira in foreign exchange greenback dollars IF ONLY the cultivation of cannabis can be legalized for medical and export end-use.

Boogyman557:
Holly Gram Nice one !


Abeg i go like work with NDLEA.


I like make dem put me for department of people way go de kip all the hard drugs.


Or make dem put me for the department of people way go test the hard drugs to confirm if na original or fake.


LITE UP my WEED in peace


WTF MAN!

Na Boogieman we vote say make he dey jejely for evidence room dey sample and disburse as the case may be. The science of weed genetics is so advanced now that one can select weed flavored with delicious strawberries, lemon, orange, vanilla, bananas, apples, and even cake. Imagine vaporizing some potent fruit-flavored weed while getting high as a muffug.

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A freight agent, Salaudeen Suliat Abiola who presented the consignment for export to the UK was promptly arrested while a follow up operation to Ibadan, Oyo state on Saturday 3rd August led to the arrest of the sender of the cargo, Bello Motunrayo Folu at her No. 20 Mofoluwasho Estate, Elewuro, Akobo area of the Oyo state capital.

Agbado is not enough again anymore

Ehen?
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No b my dealer I dey see so? Okay no be am…

Get Rich or Die Trying

Hehehe

One of them forgot to use Yoruba/Hausa name.

Anywhere dem dey mention crime, those people must dey.

I no mention anybody make nobody start dey wail.

Drug himself fighting drug in Nigeria.

Despite all these interceptions...I still dey buy weed behind my house. The day I no see weed buy for mallam adamu place, then I will say they are working.

Send them to prison after cut off their one finger

Crime doesn’t discriminate.

There's serious competition between Yoruba & Igbo on drug trafficking

This waste side and crimes are like 5 and 6, no wonder most of their leaders are criminals.

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Trustedpronet:
Despite all these interceptions...I still dey buy weed behind my house. The day I no see weed buy for mallam adamu place, then I will say they are working.

The only problem with buying weed from dealers is that they might be selling chemically poisoned weed that can do serious damage to the brain and health of unsuspecting users. Full legalization of cannabis cultivation in Nigeria will remove the production and sale of this precious medically beneficial plant from the hands of criminals, by making it permissible for every cannabis connoisseur to plant their marijuana flavor and potency of choice without any fear of being poisoned.

Send them to the gallows straight!

Unfortunately, na straight to jail because Southwest frowns at crimes.

You do the crime, you do the time.

Vergovert:
Send them to the gallows straight!

For this declaration that marijuana sale ought to be punishable by death, you have established your eligibility for admission into the nearest lunatic asylum. May I suggest that you go ahead and turn yourself in with your written confession typed out before the men in white coats are forced to come for you at home?

chisomkachy:


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Nlfpmod mynd44

See, banning, arresting and prosecuting this drugs don't bring in food stability, money and economics to our country but instability, people needs to cure disease before and after eating. the mental deranged people you see on the roads have no drugs related problems but underlying biological and chemical imbalances

Omo see Cana

Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives at the Tincan port in Lagos on Friday 2nd August recovered 77 packages of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis from the body compartments of four vehicles: Toyota Highlander, Ford Explorer, Toyota Corolla and Toyota Sienna imported from Canada during a joint examination of some containers with men of the Customs Service and other stakeholders.

Still stealing cars from Canada

Na so lol

Brendaniel:
When I opened the thread I was wondering why the thread was scanty with comments till I started reading the content of the news, the Igbo haters are very disappointed that their people were about 98% all over the crimes committed...

kennyz247:
Drug himself fighting drug in Nigeria.

He’s simply eliminating competition.

They are notorious for using Yoruba and Hausa names.

Flog them well... " My bloda .... nna mehnnn" them go dey shout.

Jakumo:


For this declaration that marijuana sale ought to be punishable by death, you have established your eligibility for admission into the nearest lunatic asylum. May I suggest that you go ahead and turn yourself in with your written confession typed out before the men in white coats are forced to come for you at home?

You should be arrested too since you're part of drug trafficking value chain as a producer,seller or user. I will advise you to visit the nearest NDLEA office to submit yourself before they come for you wherever you may be hiding.