NDLEA intercepts Canadian drugs hidden in chocolate tins at Lagos airport

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 42 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, weighing 20kg and concealed in tins of chocolate, milo beverage, at the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in the Ikeja area of Lagos State.

The NDLE Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, May 4, 2025.

Babafemi said the illicit drugs were packaged as part of cargos that came into the Lagos airport onboard a British Airways flight from Canada.

Babafemi stated that three suspects, including the receiver of the consignment, Monsurat Ewawunmi Lawson, were arrested between Wednesday, April 30, and Saturday, May 3.

The NDLEA spokesman disclosed that a businessman, Bobby Morris Osas, was also arrested at the Lagos airport while attempting to board a Turkish Airlines flight to Italy on Friday, May 2.

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Babafemi said a thorough search of the suspect’s luggage led to the seizure of 8,130 pills of tramadol 225mg, 200mg, and 100mg.

He added that an attempt by another syndicate to ship 104grams of tramadol and skunk concealed in bottles of body cream to Iraq through a courier company in Lagos was also thwarted on Monday, April 28, by the NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI).

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