The Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) says it has arrested Okafor Anthony, a 38-year-old man, on the Mallam Aminu Kano Worldwide Airport in Kano, for dug trafficking.
In a press release on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the company, mentioned the suspect was apprehended whereas attempting to board a Qatar airline flight to Iran by way of Doha.
Babafemi famous that the suspect “excreted 76 pellets of ingested cocaine weighing 1.267kg after being stored in remark for 3 days”.
Equally, NDLEA operatives intercepted twenty-five million capsules of tapentadol and 300 and fifty thousand bottles of codeine-based syrup on the Tincan port complicated in Lagos.
Babafemi mentioned the seizures had been made on September 17 and 20, from three containers positioned on watchlist by the company.
The NDLEA spokesperson famous that the tapentadol capsules had been value 13 billion seven hundred and twenty-five million naira, whereas the codeine consignment has an estimated worth of two billion 4 hundred and fifty million naira.
Equally, the company mentioned it has arrested Aremu Shojobi, an 80-year-old man over sale of illicit medicine in Lagos.
Babafemi mentioned the suspect was arrested with 14kg of hashish at his house in Iyana Ipaja space of the state.
The company famous that the suspect confessed to getting his provides from Benin Republic and has been within the enterprise for 25 years.
