The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has arrested a male passenger carrying 4,000 tramadol pills at the Muhammad Murtala International Airport Lagos
Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi in a statement in Abuja, said NDLEA officers at the gate ‘C ‘departure hall of the Lagos airport on Friday foiled the suspect’s attempt to export the pills to Malpensa, Italy on an Ethiopian Airline flight.
He added that the psychoactive substance was found concealed in women wears and granulated melon packed in the suspect’s backpack and another bag containing food items.
Meanwhile, operatives of the agency on arrested 28-year-old woman in Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa state.
Babafemi said that she was arrested for producing and distributing cakes laced with illicit drugs especially cannabis sativa. According to him, at the time of her arrest, substantial number of the drugged cakes weighing 1.5 kilograms was recovered from her.
