NDLEA intercepts UK, Australia-bound cocaine, opioid consignments in carton walls

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives person intercepted consignments of cocaine and assorted opioids concealed successful walls of cartons utilized to bundle cloths and different items going to the United Kingdom and Australia.

According to the NDLEA, the 2 seizures were recorded astatine a courier institution successful Lagos connected Friday during introspection of shipments going to the UK and Australia.

The bureau stated that a full of 170grams of cocaine sealed successful cellophane parcels and buried successful the walls of a carton of cloths heading to Australia were recovered.

This was announced successful a connection connected Sunday by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters Abuja.

Babafemi disclosed that a wide scope of opioids including: 200 ampoules of pentazocine injection; 1,100 capsules of tramadol and 100 ampoules of promethazine injection were recovered from different carton which has United Kingdom arsenic its last destination.

Meanwhile, successful Delta state, NDLEA operatives connected Sunday raided Ejeonu colony successful Ukwuani section authorities country wherever they destroyed 27,500 kilograms of skunk connected 11 hectares of farmland and recovered 22.9kg of aforesaid substance portion a 52-year-old fishy Ifeanyichukwu Peter was arrested successful a travel up cognition astatine Obiaruku.

Babafemi stated that a akin raid successful Orogun village, ...