Over 22,160 kilogrammes of codeine syrup, methamphetamine and skunk have been seized at the Apapa Seaport and a notorious drug den in the Akala area of Mushin, Lagos State, in two major operations in the state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
PUNCH Metro learnt that a total of 14,080kg codeine syrup (8,080 litres) and 4,352.43kg cold caps used to conceal the former in a 40-foot container imported from India were intercepted on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at the Apapa port.
A statement on Sunday by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said the seizure followed intelligence from foreign partners and cooperation of other port stakeholders.
“At Akala, NDLEA Strike Force operatives in their numbers with support from the military stormed fortified warehouses in the drug den and evacuated bags and bottles of cannabis, loud, skunk, skuchies and methamphetamine as well as 17 suspects for further investigation.”
Five of the suspects were said to be females.
Meanwhile, a female drug kingpin, Jemilat Seriki, who is one of the owners of 12,385 pellets of loud imported from Ghana and intercepted at the Eko Atlantic Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday, November 27, 2021, has been arrested by narcotic officers after weeks of manhunt.
