The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has 24,311 kilograms of different hard drugs at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Ikeja and the Tin-Can Seaport, Apapa, Lagos.
Director, Media and Advocacy of the Agency Femi Babafemi who announced this in a statement, said the substances were suspected to be heroin, codeine, Arizona and Colorado variants of cannabis.
It would be recalled that the Chairman of the Agency, Buba Marwa had on September 8 announced in Lagos the seizure of about 6 billion naira worth of Amphetamine, popularly known as jihadists’ drug, at the Apapa port in Lagos.
Babafemi said the first seizure where two consignments containing 10.350 kilograms heroin and 25.2 kilograms cannabis from South Africa, were intercepted. He added that series of sting operations were carried out in different parts of Lagos, where four suspects were arrested.
According to him, at the Tin-Can Seaport, Apapa, narcotic officers intercepted a 40ft container loaded with 22,590 kilogramd of Barcadin Codeine syrup, following intelligence received from international partners on the container since May 2021.
