N1.33bn drugs intercepted at Lagos seaport, suspects arrested

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted no fewer than 2,750,000 tablets of tramadol 225mg weighing 1,650 kilogrammes worth N1, 375,000,000 at the Apapa seaport in Lagos.

A statement by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, read, “On Monday, July 25, a Dubai, UAE-bound passenger, one Ms Ebhodaghei Osenemeshen, was intercepted during the outward clearance of travellers on Rwanda Air via Kigali to Dubai. Discovered in her luggage were sachets of Tramadol 225mg concealed inside garri, a cassava product packed, among other foodstuffs.

“She, however, claimed that the bag was given to her by someone who she passed the night in his house before coming to the airport to help deliver it to another person in Dubai. The following day, Tuesday, July 26, a total of 50 blocks of cannabis sativa with a total weight of 27.1kg concealed inside a large quantity of crayfish going to London, UK, as part of a consolidated cargo were seized at the SAHCO export shed.

“The same day, a Dubai-bound female passenger, Rachel Emebradu, was arrested with 1.8kg cannabis packed inside bitter leaf in her luggage while attempting to board a Rwandan Air flight to UAE, via Kigali. The mother of one, who hails from Oghara in the Ethiope West LGA of Delta State, said she was into selling men’s wear before she decided to travel to Dubai to expand her clothing business.

 

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