Two parcels of cocaine weighing 2.80 kilogrammes were intercepted at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, on April 9, hidden in the false bottoms of food flasks destined for the United Kingdom via a Virgin Atlantic flight. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested two cargo agents, Ama Obinna Ufeim, 33, and Ogabi Monday Akorede, 39, with further investigation leading to the apprehension of a 52-year-old freight forwarder, Agoro Tajudeen Moninuola. In a separate operation at the same airport's import shed, 2.90 kilogrammes of "Loud," a potent cannabis strain, were found concealed in snack packs arriving on a Delta Air Lines flight from the United States, leading to the arrest of two clearing agents, Animashaun Moshood Adetunji and Mercy Gabriel Oluwasegun; the consignee, 29-year-old fashion designer Saheed Adeshina Adegoke, was later arrested in Ogba, Lagos. NDLEA operations in Kaduna uncovered 847 kilogrammes of skunk hidden in a cement-laden trailer on the Kaduna-Zaria highway, resulting in the arrest of driver Umar Garba Haruna.
A forest raid in Uwet community, Akamkpa Local Government Area, Cross River, led to the destruction of 15,000 kilogrammes of skunk cultivated across six hectares, with 119 kilogrammes recovered and 53-year-old Alice Sunday Udoh arrested. In Edo State, a cannabis farm in Ovia North East LGA was raided, leading to the destruction of 2,281.43 kilogrammes and the arrest of three suspects. In Delta State, 87.838 kilogrammes of skunk and seeds were recovered, while in Lagos, 11,900 tramadol capsules and 400 ampoules of phenobarbital injection were seized from two suspects en route to Ghana on the Mile 2–Badagry expressway. A raid on a building in Lagos Island yielded 95.8 kilogrammes of skunk. NDLEA commands also conducted War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation campaigns in Niger, Cross River, Kogi, Katsina, Kano, and Lagos states. Chairman Mohamed Buba Marwa praised officers for their efforts, urging sustained operational momentum.
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