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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted drugs valued at N22.7 billion in separate operations at Lagos and Rivers seaports.
Femi Babafemi, spokesman for the agency, said, The combined monetary value of the seized opioids comes to twenty-two billion, seven hundred and forty million, nine hundred and fifty-eight thousand naira (N22,740,958,000).
Following a fresh wave of interdiction operations targeting transnational drug cartels, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, also arrested a Thailand returnee, Oguejiofor Nnaemeka Simonpeter, for importing 13.30 kilograms of heroin worth over N3.192 billion.
Oguejiofor was arrested on Monday, 7th October 2024, while attempting to smuggle the illicit drug out of the airport, concealed in six backpacks and packed into two large suitcases.
His luggage was routed to Accra, Ghana, his original destination.
After arriving in Lagos on 5th October, he contacted the airline to reroute his luggage to Nigeria so that he could pick it up as rush baggage in an attempt to bypass security checks.
However, NDLEA officers intercepted him at the point of exit. A search of his two suitcases revealed three empty backpacks in each, with a large parcel of heroin neatly sewn into all six backpacks.
The six parcels were subsequently recovered with a gross weight of 13.30kg. In his statement, Oguejiofor claimed he was hired for a fee of $7,000 upon successful delivery of the parcels.
He said he was to deliver two parcels in Lagos and the other four parcels in Accra, Ghana.
Meanwhile, NDLEA’s Commands and formations across the country have continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities in schools, places of worship, workplaces, and communities.
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