NDLEA uncovers illicit drug consignments in water purifier machines from Europe

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives person intercepted consignments of illicit drugs concealed successful h2o purifier machines shipped from the Netherlands to Lagos.

This was made known successful connection issued connected Sunday by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, saying the seizure was made astatine a courier institution successful Lagos connected May 26.

The bureau said the consignment contained 3 kilograms of ketamine and 199 grams of MDMA, commonly known arsenic Ecstasy, cautiously hidden wrong the h2o purifier machines.

In Kaduna State, NDLEA operatives arrested a couple, Musa Sunday and Mercy Sunday, alongside different suspect, Salomi Ezekiel, 38, aft recovering 100 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 1,246 kilograms from their residence successful the Gonin Gora country connected May 24.

On the aforesaid day, NDLEA officers connected patrol on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway astatine Jere intercepted a 30-year-old suspect, Sunusi Musa, allegedly transporting 380 rounds of 7.62mm military-grade ammunition to Katsina State. The fishy and the ammunition were subsequently handed implicit to the due information bureau for further investigation.

In Niger State, operatives acting connected quality raided a warehouse successful Gidan Kukah, Bosso Local Government Area, connected May 27, wherever they recovered 457 kilograms of skunk. A suspect, Godwin Zakka,...