NDLEA Intercepts Meth, Skunk Hidden in Tomato Pastes

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of skunk concealed in tins of tomato paste and methamphetamine hidden in used clothes, meant for export to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

While the skunk in tomato pastes consignment weighing 20.00 kilograms was intercepted at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Friday, September 8, 2023, the meth shipment with a gross weight of 1.60kg was seized at a courier company in Lagos.

The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Sunday, September 10, 2023.

Babafemi added that another consignment of 556 grams of Canadian Loud sent from Canada to one Tunji Adebayo in the Ikorodu area of Lagos was also intercepted by the NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) attached to courier firms.

“Though Adebayo was not home when operatives visited his house at 52, Aina Atoloye street, Ikorodu, he however directed his younger brother to sign for the package on his behalf. The brother was promptly arrested,” he noted.

The NDLEA spokesman disclosed that a 22-year-old suspect, Agada Emmanuel, was arrested with 77.400kgs cannabis along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway in Kogi State on Thursday, September 7.

Babafemi added that 369,980 pills of opioids were also recovered on the same road on Monday, September 4, saying the suspect linked to the seizure, Kabiru Ahmad Abdullahi, was arrested in a follow-up operation in Gombe State.

He said that besides the various drug control efforts, the state Commands and other formations of the NDLEA also continued the agency’s War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) advocacy campaigns to schools, worship places, palaces, and local communities, among others.

Commending the anti-narcotics officers for their balanced efforts in drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction activities, the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), urged them and their compatriots across the country to keep up the good work.