NDLEA intercepts China, Italy-bound cocaine concealed in mortar, backpack

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted consignments of cocaine concealed successful a section mortar and the mendacious bottommost of a backpack intended for shipment to China and Italy done a logistics institution successful Lagos.

The bureau besides arrested a suspected notorious cause trader successful Rivers State and a suspected supplier of illicit drugs to bandits successful Zamfara State during abstracted operations.

The Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this successful a connection on Sunday.

According to him, operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigations, DOGI, made the seizures on Thursday.

He said officers recovered 250 grams of cocaine factory-fitted into the basal of a section mortar packaged successful a carton for export to China, portion different 500 grams of cocaine was hidden successful the mendacious bottommost of a backpack destined for Italy.

In Rivers State, NDLEA operatives arrested a 38-year-old suspect, Ugo Gift Okonkwo, astatine Eagle Island, Port Harcourt, pursuing quality reports.

The fishy was apprehended with quantities of cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine, swinol, tramadol and codeine syrup during the cognition conducted connected July 26.

In Anambra State, NDLEA officers connected stop-and-search work astatine the DMGS Roundabout ...