National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has uncovered 70 parcels of cocaine packed in walls of cocoa butter formula body cream containers heading to London, the United Kingdom.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the agency, Mr Femi Babafemi, yesterday in Abuja.
Babafemi said NDLEA operatives uncovered the drugs at the export shed of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos with three suspects arrested in a series of follow-up operations across Lagos.
He said the cocaine consignments weighing 3.60 kilograms were discovered on October 14 during the examination of cargoes packaged as personal effects going to London on an Air Peace flight.
He also said a cargo agent who presented the consignment for airfreight was promptly arrested, while investigations stretching into two weeks led to the arrest of two principal suspects.
This, he said, was linked to the attempt to export the concealed Class A drug to the UK.
“In a follow up operation on October 18, a female healthcare worker was arrested, while the chief executive officer of a travel agency, was arrested in his office on Monday, October 20, ” he said.
In a similar development, NDLEA stopped an attempt by a 35-year-old Lesotho national to export 103.59 grams of methamphetamine.
Babafemi said the drugs were concealed in a diabeta herbs coffee tea pack en-route The Philippines on an Ethiopian airlines flight from Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu, on Wednesday.
He said NDLEA officers arrested the suspected drug trafficker and recovered the illicit drug.
In the same vein, no fewer than 21,950 capsules of tramadol 250mg concealed inside a 100-litre water heater were recovered from a suspect, who was arrested by operatives.
Babafemi said the suspect was nabbed at Bode Saadu, Morro Local Government Area of Kwara State, following credible intelligence on Tuesday, October 21.
Babafemi said the NDLEA Chairman, Buba Marwa commended the officers and men of MMIA, AIIA, Lagos, commands for the arrests and seizures.
Marwa urged them and their colleagues across the country to continue with the ongoing balanced approach to the drug control efforts of the agency.
