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NDLEA intercepts parcels of hard drugs headed for UK, Australia others
By Nicholas Kalu, Abuja
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted well-concealed and unaccompanied parcels of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and cannabis Sativa being shipped to the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Australia, Maldives and New Zealand.
The agency said a notorious trafficker, Sikiru Owolabi, who is behind at least two of the parcels has been traced and arrested after days of thorough and systematic surveillance by NDLEA operatives.
Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said undercover narcotic agents attached to two international courier companies in Lagos, made the seizures.
The statement reads, “Sikiru Owolabi, who has made useful confessions during interrogations, was tracked after 1kilogramme of cocaine concealed in cream containers and meant for Dublin in Northern Ireland was intercepted at one of the courier firms in Lagos. This was also followed by the discovery of another 200grammes of cocaine meant for London, the United Kingdom in the same courier company.
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“In another undercover operation, 320grammes of heroin concealed in earrings coming from Congo and going to Australia was seized at a different courier firm in Lagos, just as another 390 grammes of cocaine hidden in men’s clothing and going to Northern Ireland was intercepted in the same company.
“While 500grammes of cannabis Sativa concealed in automobile parts going to New Zealand was seized at one of the courier companies, 200 grammes of methamphetamine hidden inside an award plaque and going to New Zealand, with another 200 grammes of methamphetamine concealed in a book and going to the Maldives, were equally intercepted in another firm.”
