The illicit drug had arrived Lagos in 25 parcels from South Africa through an Air Peace Airline flight on 30th June, 2021 and was detained for screening following reasonable suspicion of the content of the consignment. A follow up operation was subsequently carried out the following day, 1st July when narcotic officers of the MMIA command trailed the driver and a clearing agent that were assigned to deliver the consignment to the house of a baron, Tony Chidi Onwurolu at No. 132 Lateef Adegboyega Street, off Ago Palace Way by Grandmate bus stop, Okota, Lagos.
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This was revealed in a statement by the Director of Advocacy of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Femi Babafemi, on Tuesday.
The trial of 33-year-old Vincent Amago, who is accused of cultivating Indian hemp in a large farm, commenced on Wednesday at a Jos Federal High Court, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.