NDLEA intercepts N2.185bn worth of drugs at Port Harcourt, Lagos airports

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted large consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, worth over N2.185 billion in street value.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted large consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, worth over N2.185 billion in street value. The seizures occurred at the Port Harcourt seaports, Onne, and Murtala Muhammed International Airport , Ikeja, NDLEA’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said in…

In another operation, NDLEA operatives at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex intercepted a container marked TEMU 6807401 imported from India enroute to the C to C bonded terminal in Enugu. In Ekiti state, two suspects, Suleiman Kazeem and Sunday Gbenga , were arrested when NDLEA officers raided Ara forest, Ara-Ekiti. They recovered 426kg of processed cannabis sativa and destroyed over 4,000kg of the substance on 1.66 hectares of farmland on Thursday, May 30.

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NDLEA intercepts codeine syrup, loud consignments worth over N2.1billion at Lagos, Port Harcourt airportsThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) 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 (MMIA), Ikeja.
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