The Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) says its operatives connected to courier corporations in Lagos state, have intercepted numerous portions of illicit medication hid in an MP3 participant.
Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, mentioned the medication have been combined with heroin, methamphetamine, dimethyl sulfone, and hashish and hid in several objects sure for Europe.
The NDLEA spokesperson mentioned 272 grams of dextromethorphan, combined with heroin and going to Greece, have been recovered from white neck beads, including that 665 grams of hashish being shipped to Hong Kong, have been hidden in bars of Dudu Osun black bathing cleaning soap.
He added that 261 grams of dimethyl sulfone hidden in reels of weaving threads and 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine supposed to be trafficked to New Zealand have been additionally intercepted.
“The medication have been neatly packed in an MP3 participant after all of the components have been eliminated and the substance stuffed as a substitute,” he mentioned.
He added that the company additionally recovered 57,450 tablets of tramadol, rohypnol, and exol-5 alongside the Abaji-Abuja freeway from Joseph Usman, a suspect.
He mentioned 4,082 bottles of codeine-based syrup have been additionally discovered within the possession of the suspect.
Babafemi mentioned the suspect was arrested in a business bus coming from Onitsha, Anambra state, to Abuja on Friday.
He mentioned in Kano state, a lady and 4 males – Ladi Peter; Umar Salisu; Ahmed Naheeb; Ibrahim Umar, and Musa Suleman have been arrested for drug-related points.
Babafemi mentioned the suspects have been intercepted in regards to the seizure of 977.7 kilograms of hashish sativa seized from them by NDLEA operatives.
He added that they have been arrested alongside Zaria-Kano street, Kwanar Dangora on Friday.
In the identical vein, 2,445 kilograms of hashish sativa have been recovered from the warehouse of Usman Nar, a suspect on the run, on the Madinatu space of Jere LGA, Borno state on Saturday.