The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, has prevented a syndicate that operates between Brazil, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, from smuggling drugs into Lagos.
A total of 845 wraps of cocaine weighing 18.72 kilograms consignments has been recovered by the operatives.
In a statement released on Sunday, November 3 NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, says in street value the drug consignments worth Four Billion Four Hundred and Ninety-Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira (N4,492,800,000) were recovered during a post-landing from an Ethiopian Airlines in lavatories in the course of aircraft cleaning of the cabin of flight ET900 from Addis Ababa to Lagos on Tuesday 29th October 2024.
Stating that the illegal drug consignments were wrapped in nine polythene bags and hidden in the waste collectors in the two rear lavatories of the aircraft, from where they were recovered after the MMIA Strategic Command of NDLEA was alerted about the strange objects. No fewer than 30 suspects have so far been grilled in connection with the seizure.
Often such attempts happen but the resilience of the Agency deserves applaud,
Also, the blockade of cannabis and tramadol weighing 225mg concealed in body cream containers and pieces of artwork by NDLEA officers is commendable.
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