This is the largest chunk of drugs to be destroyed by the NDLEA since the inception of the counter-narcotic Agency.
Browsing: Colonel Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah
The estimated street value of the seized drug is over N183 million
The suspected traffickers were arrested with 2.150kg of heroin from Tanzania and 386 grammes of cocaine to Cambodia
The arrest was made at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja when a passenger, Nwafor Samson Tochukwu, tested positive for narcotic ingestion during the outward screening of an Ethiopian Airline flight
Forty-two of the suspects were intercepted while bringing drugs into the country, while 61 others were nabbed attempting to smuggle drugs out of the country
This is the first seizure of the year at the airport and the first consignment going to Cambodia
The discovery was made in a shipment of shoes during the inward screening of passengers on a Turkish Airline flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil
The arrests were made at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos during screening of passengers on an Ethiopian Airline flight to Hong Kong and Egypt Airline flight to Athens
The ephedrine, which was concealed in female hair attachment by a suspected drug trafficking syndicate, was going to South Africa.
This is the largest quantity of ephedrine seized at the Lagos airport with an estimated street value of N4 billion
According to the NDLEA Commander at the Lagos airport, Ahmadu Garba: “Aniebue Peter Nnamma, 50, who sells clothes at Aswani Market, Lagos, inserted 11 wraps of cocaine weighing 460 grammes into his anus, while Sokpe Zubbye, 37, aka Nzube Chukwudi, a freight forwarder from Anambra State with a Ghanaian passport, ingested 955 grammes of cocaine
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, Colonel Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (rtd), expressed satisfaction with the arrests, stating that it is a product of diligence and vigilance
The NDLEA said the arrest and seizure were a product of intense undercover operation