NDLEA intercepts drug consignments in wooden statue, imported vehicles

• Published date: 09 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had thwarted attempts by suspected criminals to import illicit drugs into the country.

The drugs, the agency said, were hidden in a wooden statue and imported vehicles.

Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement yesterday, said the attempts by the criminal elements to use various disingenuous modes of concealment to import consignments of illicit substances into Nigeria and export same to the United Kingdom (UK). United Arab Emirates (UAE) were intercepted at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja and Tincan seaport in Lagos.

He said no less than 37.5 kilograms of such illicit consignments were intercepted in the past week, with the arrest of 11 suspects in interdiction operations that led to the seizure of almost four...