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Illicit drug kingpins arrested as NDLEA seizes single-largest heroin
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) said it has arrested three members of a criminal organisation that specialises in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America.
According to him, it follows the recent seizure of the single largest consignment of heroin at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
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Babafemi said 51.90 kilograms of heroin had been recovered from the cartel in an operation that began on February 10 at the SAHCO Import Shed of the airport’s Cargo Terminal. The consignment was concealed in 15 cartons of 2300-watt metal cutting machines, with no less than 45 blocks of the illicit substance weighing 49.70kg recovered from the equipment, while additional 2.2kg was seized at the syndicate’s warehouse in Ayobo area of Lagos, he saod.
He noted that while the agency has secured interim forfeiture court order on the hotel, mansions, vehicles and funds traced to members of the syndicate after arresting four of them, a manhunt was also launched for others who went underground.
The effort paid off on April 19 when two of the wanted kingpins – Onyinyechi Irene Igbokwuputa and Frankline Uzochukwu – were arrested in Lagos and Awka, Anambra state. Another wanted member of the syndicate, Osita Emmanuel Obinna, was also arrested in Lagos.
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