The seizures at the Apapa and Onne ports followed intelligence and tracking of new trafficking routes to ship illicit substances into Nigeria by drug cartels.
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The operations also led to the recovery of a firearm, a vehicle, and other exhibits, the spokesman of the command, Daniel Ndukwe, has revealed.
The interceptions by operatives were spotlighted as part of the achievements of the anti-narcotic agency, which was made available to newsmen on Sunday.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement he issued on the operations of the agency in the last one week.
The Nigerian was handed over to security operatives on Friday after he was subjected to an INTERPOL Red Notice issued by the NCB in Abuja.
The Police Public Relations Officer and a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Katsina on Saturday.
This was made known to newsmen in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police Wasiu Abiodun, on Saturday.
Captain Reuben Kovangiya, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Headquarters Theatre Command, confirmed this in a statement.
Command spokesperson, Mansir Hassan, who confirmed the arrest, said the tragic incident occurred on May 13 at the residence where they both lived.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the FCT Command of the NCoS, Samson Duza, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
The Oyo State Traffic Management Authority and Oyo State Police Command revealed these at a joint briefing with the Oyo State Government on Thursday.
It will be recalled that a group of persons in a press statement with fake documents claimed that the PDP chieftain had been expelled from the party.
Also seized were prohibited items worth over N3.247bn, including large quantities of codeine syrup, counterfeit pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and used clothing.
According to available information, he was arrested by the officials of the Lagos Waste Management Authority and Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps.
Justice Nkeonye Maha received the phone conversation alongside other evidence tendered by the Department of State Service’s witness, Tunde Afolabi.
However, the details given were at variance with a video from the scene by operatives of the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority
The command’s spokesman, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos.
Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, DCC Abubakar Umar disclosed this in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja.
The Customs Area Controller, Patrick Ntadi, made the plea when his team visited the Marine Police and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) commands in Lagos on Wednesday.
Olalekan is a native of Omuo-Ekiti in Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State.