The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 34-year-old South American man from Suriname, Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State for importing 117 parcels of cocaine into Nigeria.
The 9.9kg cocaine was concealed in extra-large latex condoms factory packed inside bottles of 100ml body spray.
The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this via a statement issued on Sunday, April 9.
Babafemi said the suspect claimed he departed his country, Suriname, located in the North Eastern coast of South America on April 2 for Sao Paulo, Brazil.
He stated that the suspect departed from Sao Paulo to Nigeria on Friday, April 7, onboard Qatar Airways flight in search of his long-lost Nigerian father whom he called “Omini”.
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The NDLEA spokesperson added that the operatives of the anti-drug agency also intercepted 110 parcels of Colorado at Tincan seaport in Lagos.
Babafemi said the strain of cannabis, weighing 55kg, were hidden in a container, marked MSCU 4972769 from Toronto via Montreal, Canada.
He disclosed that the illicit consignment was discovered in the container bearing five units of used vehicles, during a joint examination of the cargo by the NDLEA operatives and other security operatives.
“The seizure was part of a total of 1,559.3 kilograms (1.5 tons) of the psychoactive substance seized during interdiction operations in five states in the past week,” the NDLEA spokesman revealed.
Babafemi said two suspects – Nura Ibrahim, 40, and Habibu Sadiq, 38 – were arrested with 120 blocks of cannabis, weighing 148.7kg, along Zaria-Kano road on Sunday, April 2.
He stated that 418.5kg of the same substance and a sienna space bus used in conveying it were recovered on Thursday, April 6, at a notorious drug hub, Patey, Lagos Island.
“A suspect, Azi Solomon, was arrested same day at Ojota garage while attempting to move 23kg cannabis to another state,” he added.
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