The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have seized the largest heroin consignment at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State.
The Chairman of the NDLEA, Buba Marwa, made this disclosure
while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos.
The agency also arrested members of an organized criminal
organisation that specialized in trafficking heroin across Nigeria, South
Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America in an operation leading to the seizure
of the consignment, which weighed 51.90 kg on February 12, 2024.
The NDLEA boss said that the operation was the single
largest seizure of heroin at the airport.
Marwa also stated that the consignment was concealed in 15
cartons of 2300-watt metal cutting machines.
He explained that there was a parallel between the seizure
and the September 18, 2022, seizure of 2,139.5kg cocaine in a warehouse in the
Ikorodu area of the state, which he described as the biggest singular cocaine
seizure in the history of NDLEA.
According to him, four cartel members linked to the recent
seizure were arrested in a follow-up operation conducted by NDLEA operatives.
“NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Mohammed International
Airport Command intercepted a suspicious package at the SAHCO Import Shed of
the airport’s Cargo Terminal,” he said.
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