Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have thwarted attempts by drug syndicates to export large consignments of cocaine, methamphetamine, and opioids through Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to the United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey, and Qatar. On November 5, 2024, NDLEA officers intercepted 13 parcels of cocaine weighing 4.40kg destined for the UK via Frankfurt on a Lufthansa Airlines flight at the export shed of the Lagos airport. Babafemi also disclosed the arrest of another businessman, identified as Adegbite Solomon, who attempted to export 7,800 pills of tramadol along with other drugs. NDLEA operatives arrested him after recovering the opioids concealed in food and other items while he attempted to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Italy. The pills were concealed in the body compartments of a Toyota Hummer Bus belonging to GUO Transport Company, driven by the suspect.

Source: Ethiopian News November 17, 2024 16:56 UTC