NDLEA intercepts Saudi-bound drug consignment hidden in palm oil keg

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted a Saudi Arabia-bound consignment of cannabis concealed successful a gallon of thenar lipid astatine the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano State.

The bureau besides seized 8,725 kilogrammes of powdered tramadol, valued astatine implicit N6.98 billion, astatine the Apapa larboard successful Lagos State.

The NDLEA disclosed this successful a connection connected Sunday by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.

The connection said the seizures were portion of a bid of operations crossed the state successful which operatives recovered thousands of kilogrammes of cannabis and ample quantities of opioids successful Lagos, Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Kano and Kaduna states, arsenic good arsenic the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

According to the agency, a pistillate passenger, Fatimah Ahmad, was arrested connected Friday, October 16, during the outward clearance of an Ethiopian Airlines formation to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, via Addis Ababa.

A hunt of her luggage revealed 511.75 grammes of cannabis concealed successful a gallon of thenar oil.

The fishy reportedly told operatives that her cousin, Abubakar Yahaya, gave her the gallon. He was subsequently arrested astatine the airdrome car park.

At the Apapa larboard successful Lagos, NDLEA operatives, moving with the Nigeria Customs Service and different agencies, uncovered a shipment of powdered tramadol from India connected October 2.

The consignment had been declared arsenic maize starch, but a confirmatory trial astatine the agency's fore...