The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has foiled attempts to export large consignments of illicit drugs, including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and ephedrine, to Dubai and Europe.
NDLEA spokespman Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs were intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
Mr Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives discovered the drugs despite the desperate drug cartels’ various disingenuous modes of concealment.
He added that all those behind the efforts to export the illicit drugs were arrested.
Mr Babafemi said top on the list of those so far arrested in connection with the seizures was a Nigerian based in Athens, Greece, Iwuozor Edward Chinedu.
According to Mr Babafemi, Mr Chinedu disembarked from an Ethiopian airline flight on Friday after NDLEA officers on the tarmac intercepted two bags during a secondary check at the foot of the aircraft.
“When the bags were searched in the presence of Chinedu, and…
