Monday, January 27, 2025 - Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a consignment of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, concealed in duvet, packaged for export to the United Kingdom through the cargo shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos.
A statement released by the spokesperson of the anti-drug agency, Femi
Babafemi, says two suspects: Adakole Sunday and Austin Balogun linked to the
bid to export the consignment to the UK were promptly arrested following the
discovery by NDLEA officers on Tuesday 21st January 2025. Six parcels of the
psychoactive substance with a gross weight of 3.50 kilograms were concealed
inside the duvet.
In his statement, Austin Balogun who is the main agent who hired
Adakole, claimed he was paid N700,000 to cargo the consignment to the UK but
spent a fraction of the money on export handling charges and the bulk to pay
for an apartment.
In a related development, two suspects identified as Joseph Oluwasegun
Adewale and Biodun Adelakun, were arrested at Igbo Olumo, Ikorodu area of Lagos
when NDLEA operatives raided their hideout in the community where seven litres
of skuchies, a new psychoactive substance produced with black currant, cannabis
and opioids, were recovered. Other exhibits seized from the duo include: three
locally made double barrel riffles; one locally made double barrel pistol; one
English-made pistol; one locally made single barrel riffle; three cartridges
and one empty 9mm cartridge as well as an iron-head axe.
Another raid in Lagos on Sunday 19th January led to the seizure of 47kg
skunk, a strain of cannabis, and 25.46kg Nitrous Oxide popularly known as
laughing gas at the notorious Akala area of Mushin.
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