NDLEA Intercepts Large Consignment Of Loud Concealed In Loudspeakers At Lagos Airport (Photos)

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NDLEA Intercepts Large Consignment Of Loud Concealed In Loudspeakers At Lagos Airport (Photos)

On Sunday, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) reported that its operatives intercepted a substantial shipment of Loud, a potent synthetic strain of cannabis. The contraband was concealed within large loudspeakers in a consolidated cargo imported from New York, United States of America.

According to NDLEA, when opened, the sound boxes were stuffed with 60 bags of the expensive but highly sought-after psychoactive substance weighing 33.5 kilograms.

A statement issued on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, said at least three suspects: a freight agent Akeem Afeez; logistics company manager Babalola Ayodeji Gboyega and the receiver of the consignment Taiwo Olusegun Anuoluwapo have been arrested in follow-up operations.

Babafemi disclosed that while Afeez was arrested at the airport, Gboyega was nabbed at his office on Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Taiwo was traced to his residence at 13 Ayo Babatunde Crescent, Lekki Phase1, Lagos, where he was picked on Friday.

Speaking further on the interception and seizures made by the anti-narcotic agency, Babafemi said a joint raid operation between the NDLEA and men of the State Homeland Security at 23 Arochukwu street, Umuahia in Abia, Wednesday led to the arrest of a female lawyer, Adaobi Nweke, 36; her boyfriend, Emeka Nkemefola, 36; her mother, Mrs. Ngozi Nweke, 65; Dike Okpara, 43 (a herbalist to the family); Chukwudi Abel, 33,( member of the family); Amarachi Paul, 18, (another member of the family), and their 22-year-old salesgirl, Blessing Jonathan.

He claimed that investigations revealed that members of the family had long been involved in the illicit drug business, allegedly passed on to them by their now late father, Jonathan Nweke.

Babafemi disclosed various quantities of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, loud, Cannabis sativa and precursor chemicals with a total weight of 1.670kg as well as N578,400 monetary exhibits were recovered from them as at the time of their arrest.

Meanwhile, NDLEA said it has thwarted an attempt by a 25-year-old Uber driver, Joshua Henry, to deliver a consignment of 26.2grams of Loud picked in Abuja to a customer in Keffi, Nasarawa State on Monday 12th February.

This is even as it was announced that a 54-year-old Dada Adedara was on Wednesday 14th Feb arrested at Dan Bare area of Kano State with 468 blocks of cannabis weighing 246.4kg.

Babafemi stated that Adedara’s arrest came the same day the NDLEA operatives in Ogun arrested the duo of Kafayat Junaid and Sakirat Osoanu with 13kg cannabis sativa.

“In Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, NDLEA operatives conducted raid operations in Kubwa area of the FCT during which they arrested Tawa Wasiu, 47, and Iliya Ibrahim, 18, with 10.5kg cannabis, 13.5 grams of diazepam and 2.9 grams of tramadol tablets. Another suspect, Yaro Bala, 27, was arrested on Thursday 15th Feb. with 50.5kg cannabis during a stop and search operation along Abaji/Abuja highway on his way from Auchi Edo state to Paiko, Niger State.”

Reacting to the development, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the officers and men of the MMIA, Abia, Nasarawa, Edo, Kogi, Kano, Ogun, Ondo and FCT Commands of the Agency for their outstanding feats in the past week.

Marwa equally applauded their counterparts in all the commands across the country for intensifying their WADA advocacy lectures thus creating a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.