Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted three million capsules of opioids, which is more dangerous and potent than tramadol, at Jaelith Bonded Container Terminal under Tincan seaport in Apapa area of Lagos.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.
The seized drugs at the bonded terminal were discovered during a joint examination of a 20ft container: SUDU 7774749, with operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service.
Though the consignment was said to have originated from Ningbo province in China and falsely labelled as containing 271 packages of “insulating fittings, faucet water closet wc, industrial office printing machine”, investigations revealed that information on the bill of laden and shipping documents were fake.
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Further investigations uncovered that the container originated from India and arrived in Nigeria’s Apapa port on February 10, 2022.
It was also discovered that the container, SUDU 7774749, was consigned from India in Nhava Sheva port, then transloaded through Morocco and Ghana to Nigeria.
Meanwhile, based on credible intelligence, operatives of the Lagos State Command of the Agency in the early hours of March 6, 2022 intercepted a consignment of Cannabis Sativa (Loud) weighing 8,613kg smuggled from Ghana through the waterways to the Eko Atlantic Beach side, Victoria Island.
Some drivers and their assistants: Adeyemi Bayioku, 31; Godwin Anya, 28; Yusuf Taofik, 20; and Adeniyi Adelaja, 19, who were on ground to load the shipment into their vehicles, were promptly arrested, while two trucks, a Siena space bus, Peugeot Boxer bus and a Toyota Camry car were seized from them.
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), has commended the officers and men of the Tincan port and Lagos State Command of the Agency for their vigilance and commitment to the mission to rid Nigeria of illicit drugs.
Marwa also applauded the current synergy and working relationship between the Agency and other law enforcement agencies in the country.
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