NDLEA INTERCEPTS LARGE CONSIGNMENTS OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS NIGERIA.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made significant drug seizures in various parts of the country.
A statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, revealed the agency's operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, seized 62.20kg of "Loud" cannabis, a strong strain of cannabis, concealed in wraps of green tea from Thailand via the United Arab Emirates.
Babafemi also disclosed that in other operations, the NDLEA seized 1,665kg of skunk cannabis in Lagos, 612 bottles of codeine-based syrup and 2,970 pills of flunitrazepam in Kaduna, and 25.7kg of skunk and 9kg of Loud in Edo.
He noted that two young ladies were also arrested in Benin City with 106.57kg of skunk, 1kg of Loud, 800g of Colorado, and 302g of methamphetamine.
Reacting to the development, the NDLEA Chairman, retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa, commended officers for their efforts in drug supply reduction and demand reduction, noting that the agency also conducted War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization lectures in various schools and communities across the country, including Katsina, Ebonyi, Cross River, Lagos, and Anambra.
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