Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted cocaine consignments concealed in lipsticks and property title documents going to the UK and Saudi Arabia respectively.
This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi said that the illicit drug consignments were recovered from cargos being prepared for shipment at a courier company in Lagos on July 3.
He said that NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) attached to the logistics firm intercepted the consignments.
“A total of 420 grams of cocaine factory fitted in 84 pieces of female lipsticks heading to the UK were seized.
“280 grams of the same Class A drug were also uncovered in a property title document (Certificate of Occupancy being sent to Saudi Arabia,” he said.
According to him, a notorious drug kingpin popularly known as ‘Warri Kinsman’ was on Saturday arrested in Ikeja.
Babafemi said that the arrest came after NDLEA operatives dismantled his drug trafficking network in a three-day operation leading to the arrest of three other suspects.
He said that items recovered from the operation include 24 jumbo bags containing 681 pouches of Canadian Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 414.2 kilograms.
He explained that the bust of the drug ring followed credible intelligence on an attempt to move the shipment to the Lekki area of Lagos.
“This is from where it will be distributed to other parts of the state and across the country,” he said.
Babafemi quoted the NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa who commended the officers and men of DOGI, Lagos, for the arrests and seizures.
“Marwa praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for ensuring a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts”.(NAN)
