Drug Trafficking: NDLEA Warns Nigerians Against Accepting Consignments From Abroad
NDLEA said 27 parcels of Colorado weighing 32.20kg were intercepted from the United Kingdom, while at least seven suspects were arrested in Lagos.
- On Sunday, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency warned Nigerians against accepting packages from relatives abroad, citing a growing trend of illicit drugs like Colorado and Loud concealed in consolidated cargoes sent from overseas.
- Traffickers are increasingly concealing narcotics inside music speakers and loaves of bread, NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi reported, with recent interceptions at Lagos motor parks and the Zaria-Kano-Hadejia road.
- Agents seized 669.425kg of pregabalin in Kano and destroyed 4,832.56kg of skunk in Edo forests, while recovering 876kg of cannabis in Bayelsa and 157,100 capsules of tramadol in Plateau State.
- Authorities arrested at least seven suspects connected to the speaker shipments and detained real estate agent Abideen Jide Salami on Wednesday, September 9, after he arrived to collect luggage using a secret code.
- NDLEA Chairman Mohamed Buba Marwa commended officers involved and directed them to sustain efforts disrupting drug-trafficking routes through airports, seaports, and land borders nationwide, signaling continued multi-front enforcement.
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Flying EzeNDLEA intercepts colos shipments from UK
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted two shipments of synthetic cannabis, popularly known as Colorado or Colos, concealed in consolidated cargoes from the United Kingdom. The agency also recovered two other consignments of Colorado hidden inside music speakers at two motor parks in Lagos, with at least seven suspects arrested […] NDLEA intercepts colos shipments from UK
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CoreTV NewsDrug Trafficking: NDLEA Warns Nigerians Against Accepting Consignments From Abroad
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has warned Nigerians against accepting consignments from relatives and friends abroad without knowing the full contents, following an emerging trend of illicit drugs being concealed in consolidated cargoes.
NDLEA warns Nigerians against receiving unknown cargoes from abroad
The NDLEA has warned Nigerians against receiving consolidated cargoes from abroad without knowing their contents, as some are used to smuggle illicit drugs Read More: https://punchng.com/ndlea-warns-nigerians-against-receiving-unknown-cargoes-from-abroad/
NDLEA intercepts colos from UK, uncovers opioids in loaves of bread, music speakers
*Arrests real estate agent, grandma, others; recovers over 2.3tons of assorted illicit drugs in raids across Lagos, Ondo, Edo, Delta, Kaduna, Plateau, Bayelsa, Kano Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted two shipments of synthetic cannabis, popularly called Colorado or Colos in street terms concealed in consolidated cargoes coming from the […]
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