Last Wednesday, NDLEA operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the airport intercepted some cartons of alcoholic drinks suspected to contain illicit drugs.A follow-up operation led to the arrest of a pregnant woman, Mrs. Seun Babatunde, who operates an alcohol joint in the Pleasure area of Iyana Ipaja.
Also, a Brazilian returnee, Nworie Phillip Chikwendu was nabbed last Tuesday during an inward clearance of passengers on a Qatar Airways flight from Sao Paulo enroute Doha to Lagos.A further search of the pair of black slippers he wore led to the recovery of additional two parcels of cocaine built into the soles.
Meanwhile, large consignments of psychoactive substances have been intercepted in parts of Northwest, Northeast and Northcentral.