Heroin, other illicit drugs seized in raids
The operations also blocked the export of various quantities of heroin and other illicit drugs to the United States, the United Kingdom (UK), and Canada.
Agency spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement yesterday that counternarcotics agents seized 649,300 225mg tramadol capsules weighing 460.95kg imported from Pakistan via Addis Ababa via Ethiopian Airline on Wednesday 16 February. at Skyway Aviation Handling Company ( SAHCO) cargo depot at Lagos airport.
According to him, a suspect, Nwadu Ekene Christian, was arrested in connection with the seizure.
He said: “On the same day, a female passenger, Ms. Ayeki Happy, who arrived at the airport from Italy on a Turkish Airlines flight, was arrested with €69,850 in cash hidden in her luggage.
“This was four days after another woman, Precious Idahagbon, was arrested with €740,000 in cash hidden in her luggage and undeclared upon arrival at the airport in Vienna, Austria via Istanbul, Turkey. Both cash seizures are currently under investigation to establish whether they are proceeds from the drug trade.
“At the airport’s Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) export shed, officers seized a shipment of 131 cannabis packages concealed in black soap (Dudu-Osun) packages, during outbound clearance of cargo bound for the United Kingdom. United.
“This is because another shipment presented for export to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) was also recovered from the SAHCO shed after 30 packages of cannabis hidden in boxes of cornflakes were discovered there.
“No less than 6.5 kg of heroin, khat and oxycodone packaged for export to the United States of America (USA) and Canada were seized from a major courier company in Lagos by agents of the Operations and Investigations Directorate General (DOGI). The drugs were hidden in shoes and cardboard walls.
“In Kano, Nasiru Abdulrahman, 34, was arrested with 476 kg of cannabis in Kwanar Dan Gora, Kiru State Local Council, on Friday, February 25, while in Adamawa, 4,000 225 mg tramadol tablets were seized. Abdulmuminu Abubakar, 24, who was arrested in Gidan Madara, Mubi North Local Council on Tuesday 22 February, while riding a motorcycle to deliver drugs in Bukula, Republic of Cameroon.
“He claimed that another suspect, 19-year-old Fahad Mohammed, gave him the shipment. Fahad was later arrested in a surveillance operation at his home in the Kasuwan Borkono area of Mubi city.
“In Abuja, two shipments of transport vehicles were intercepted in the Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). While the first contained 12 kg of Cannabis, the second had 356 kg of the same substance. A follow-up operation in Kaduna led to the arrest of the 356kg Cannabis owner, 29-year-old Ayomide Adewale.”
MEANWHILE, NDLEA President/CEO, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Ret.) praised the officers and men of the MMIA, DOGI, Kano, Adamawa and FCT commandos for the arrests and seizures.
He tasked them and their colleagues across the country to intensify offensive actions against all drug cartels in all parts of Nigeria.