The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says its operatives have intercepted large consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, worth over N2,185,000,000.00 at the Port Harcourt seaports, Onne, and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport , Ikeja.
, Customs, and others during a joint search operation while the suspect was attempting to smuggle the suitcases out of the hall. In a statement issued by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy, a preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a resident of Germany but traveled to Toronto, Canada, to transport the drug to Nigeria. During his interview, he claimed that he was recruited as a mule to convey the drug to Nigeria for an agreed fee of six million naira.
, Customs, and other security agencies, 1,750 cartons of codeine weighing 26,250 kg, containing 175,000 bottles of the opioid worth N1,225,000,000 in street value, were discovered. Babafemi further announced that in Abuja, a 25-year-old lady, Blessing Thomas, was arrested with 1.0 kg of methamphetamine by
officers raided Ara forest, Ara-Ekiti, in Ekiti State, where they recovered 426 kilograms of cannabis sativa already processed and packed in big sacks, while they destroyed over 4,000 kg of the same substance on 1.66 hectares of farmland on Thursday, May 30. 'In Katsina State, 76 blocks of cannabis weighing 42 kg were seized from a Nigerien, Suleman Audu, 29, when he was arrested by