At least, a suspect, Oguma Richard Uchenna, has been arrested in connection with the attempt to export the cheques, which were neatly concealed inside four bound hard cover books disguised as academic project literatures, to the United Kingdom.
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Four traffickers involved in attempts to import and export illicit drugs through the country are now in the Agency’s custody.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSC Victor Ogagbor, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Thursday.
The development was disclosed by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement.
The apology was contained in a statement by FAAN’s acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Faithful Hope-Ivbaze.
The Lagos airport drug syndicate was behind the smuggling of 1, 584,000 tablets of Tramadol seized on Tuesday 15th March by NDLEA operatives in collaboration with Aviation Security (AVSEC) and Customs service personnel at the airport. The seizure includes 17 cartons of 250mg Tramadol branded as “Tamra” weighing 669.70kg and five cartons of 225mg Tramadol under the brand name “Royal” with a gross weight of 217.15kg.
The anti-drug agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi made this public in a statement he signed Sunday.
A statement signed on Sunday by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, revealed the seizures
Arogundade was arrested on arriving at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Thursday.
Magistrate M. F. Onamusi ordered that the defendants be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending sentence.
The raids, across nine states and at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, was confirmed by the NDLEA.
The woman, 46-year-old Adisa Afusat Olayinka, who lives in Ibafo, Ogun State and hails from Ilorin, in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State was arrested on Wednesday at the boarding screening area of the airport during an outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight 1418.
The development was announced by the spokesman of FAAN, Henrietta Yakubu, in a statement she issued on Saturday.
Ola Adebanji, Manager, PR/Communications at Arik Air, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria.
This was revealed by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday.
The 41-year-old suspect was arrested on August 25, 2021 upon his arrival on board an Ethiopian Airline flight.
Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, said in a statement that additional 15 security screening machines have been procured for immediate deployment to the General Aviation Terminal and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, revealed these in a statement in Abuja on Sunday.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi.
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.