The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a cargo going to Nairobi, Kenya, with various quantities of MDMA (Ecstasy), popularly known as ‘Molly’ and Rohypnol, which were concealed in a bag consisting of foodstuff.
An agent, Onydem Chinwe Florence, who presented it for export was arrested by the NDLEA operatives.
The spokesperson of the anti-drug agency, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday, July 30, 2023.
Babafemi added that an attempt by another suspect, Igboma Ifeanyi, to export quantities of Loud, a variant of Cannabis, Tramadol, and Rohypnol all weighing 7.8kg concealed in 66 bottles of skin lightening lotion was thwarted by the NDLEA operatives who intercepted him while preparing to board an Ethiopian airline flight to Muscat, Oman at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State.
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He noted that another suspect, Ekpenisi Wisdom Pious, was equally arrested while trying to board an Ethiopian airline flight to Oman with 6.00kg skunk hidden in a bag of foodstuff.
The NDLEA spokesman said a follow-up operation led to the arrest of a staff of Toprano Hotel, Ikeja, Ibigbami Temitope Oluwatobi, who was fingered in the drug trafficking scheme.
Babafemi added that a consignment of 5.70kg codeine syrup going to the United Kingdom was on Thursday, July 27, seized from a 51-year-old widow, Adewunmi Taiwo Atinuke, by the NDLEA operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the Lagos airport.
Speaking on the arrests and seizures, the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the anti-narcotics officers for their resilience and commitment.
Marwa also charged them and their counterparts across the country to remain undaunted by the various machinations of drug cartels and barons “who are daily frustrated and desperate due to the continued heat on them and their criminal trade”.
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