Sunday, October 19, 2025 - Consignments of illicit drugs
concealed in frozen snails, electrical bulbs and female clothes heading to the
United States, United Kingdom and Democratic Republic of Congo have been
intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) and a courier company in
Lagos.
A statement released by Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the
NDLEA says at least, two suspects linked to attempts to export the illicit
substances have already been taken into custody.
He mentioned that one of the suspects, a cargo agent
Boladale Riliwan, was arrested on October 7th following the discovery of 15
parcels of skunk, a strain of cannabis, concealed in 10 pieces of giant
rechargeable electrical bulbs he presented in a carton for airfreight to
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the export shed of the Lagos airport.
Babafemi stated that another suspect in custody is
48-year-old Olawale Oyebola Hakeemot who is a UK-based Public Health Assistant.
She was arrested on Sunday 12th October at the departure hall of terminal 2 of
the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja following the discovery of
frozen snails used to conceal 2,300 pills of tramadol 225mg in her luggage
while heading to Manchester, United Kingdom, on a Qatar Airways flight.
He said attempts by another syndicate to export 810 pills of
bromazepam hidden in female clothes going to the United States was also
thwarted by NDLEA officers at a courier company in Lagos on Thursday 16th
October.
In Adamawa, a suspect Bello Buba was intercepted at an NDLEA
check point in Namtari, Yola South LGA with 38,270 pills of tramadol concealed
in the spare tyre, boot, and door compartments of his Honda Civic car he drove
all the way from Benin Republic to smuggle the consignment into Nigeria on
Sunday 12th October.
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