National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has intercepted a consignment of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads and hair treatment cream containers heading to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus in Lagos.
The director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement Sunday said the drugs have been intercepted by operatives of NDLEA, at three courier firms in Lagos.
“In one of the logistics companies, not less than 30 parcels of cocaine weighing 1.1 kilograms concealed in hair cream containers were recovered by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI.
“During the examination of cargoes going to Ireland on September 3, 2024. Another consignment of 24 parcels of cocaine weighing 862 grams also hidden in hair cream containers meant for delivery in UK was equally intercepted at the same company on Friday 6th September,” Babafemi stated.
In the same vein, a total of 525 pills of tramadol 225mg and ecstasy (MDMA) concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads going to Cyprus were seized at another courier firm in Lagos by NDLEA operatives on Tuesday September 3, while a shipment of 200 ampoules of promethazine injection and pentazocine injection hidden in food items and herbs heading to London, UK, was also seized by operatives on September 4, Operatives equally intercepted another consignment of tramadol 225mg buried in granulated melon that came from Cameroon and going to South Africa on Friday, September 6.
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