The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled attempts by drug cartels to export tramadol, Ecstasy MDMA, and cannabis to Milan, Italy and Dubai, United Arab Emirates through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
The NDLEA operatives arrested a female passenger, Odia Emiliana Efe, at the Lagos airport on Monday, May 9 while trying to board Royal Air Moroc flight from Lagos via Casablanca to Milan with 1000 tablets of tramadol 200mg concealed in food items.
This was disclosed via a statement issued and made available to The Star on Sunday by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi.
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Babafemi noted that five days after the arrest of Efe, a freight agent Kareem Ibrahim was arrested at the SAHCO cargo shed of the airport for attempting to export food items in which were hidden blocks of cannabis weighing 6.65kg and 24grams of ecstasy drug, MDMA to Dubai in UAE.
Speaking on the arrest, the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the anti-drug officers, urging them and their compatriots across all commands not to rest on their oars but should continue to aspire to beat previous records.
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