On Sunday, Femi Babafemi, the director of media and advocacy for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), warned against picking up parcels from strangers.
The media director stated this after revealing that operatives of the agency uncovered 20kg of skunk concealed in tomato paste tins on Friday.
Babafemi hinted at the frequency of travellers who carry illicit drugs without knowing it.
SOURCE: NDLEA
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“Narco-trend update: This is yet another reason why we tell you some human minds are so flagitious, as this video shows the moment NDLEA officers discovered tins of tomato paste used to conceal illicit drugs. Shine your eyes and be careful with what you pick up from people,” Babafemi wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday.
The shipment was intercepted at Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO)’s export shed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Babafemi revealed.
It was only one of numerous illicit shipments confiscated by the drug law enforcement agency across the country during the week.
Skunk shipment concealed in tomato paste tins
Skunk shipment concealed in tomato paste tins
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On Friday, NDLEA operatives intercepted a 1.60kg methamphetamine shipment at a courier company in Lagos State.
Prior to that, the officers raided the enclaves of Abdul Rauf alias Na God, a notorious drug lord in Akala, in the Mushin area of Lagos State, and found 1,101kg of Ghanaian loud on Monday.
Although Rauf is still at large, the officers nabbed three other suspects.
In Kogi State, 22-year-old Agada Emmanuel was apprehended with 77.400kg of cannabis along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway, where 369,980 opioid pills were also recovered.
Kabiru Ahmad Abdullahi, the suspect, was arrested in a subsequent operation in Gombe State.
Meanwhile, in Anambra State, 25-year-old Onyeka Uzor was apprehended in Idemili with 64.8kg of skunk and Tramadol. Destiny Irabor was also nabbed with over 180kg of opiates loaded in his Toyota Sienna bus.
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The agency also claimed its officers invaded Ekudo Forest in Onwude local government area of Edo State and destroyed 4.2 hectares of cannabis farm.
Officers from the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI), attached to courier companies, intercepted a consignment of 556g of Canadian loud sent from Canada to one Tunji Adebayo in Ikorodu, Lagos State, and arrested his brother whom he had directed to sign for the package on his behalf.
Gapchiya Modu was detained with 60kg of cannabis along Kano-Nguru Road in Yobe State, while Usim Orji was nabbed with 200 blocks of the same substance weighing 57kg along Aba-Owerri Road in Imo State on Wednesday, September 6.
After more than two months of surveillance, NDLEA operatives arrested 40-year-old Idoko Festus Ifesinachi, a wanted kingpin, on Wednesday for links to the importation of 76.9kg of Canadian loud intercepted in a container marked MSDU6686346 at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers State, on June 2. He was arrested at his hideout in Lagos and taken to Port Harcourt.
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