NDLEA arrests Lagos autoparts dealer for heroine trafficking

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ,NDLEA, have arrested an automobile spare parts dealer, Ejiofor Chiwuzie, over attempt to export consignments of heroin and loud, a strain of cannabis, in Lagos.

Afinju FM
1 Min Read

The arrest was disclosed in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, in Abuja.

Babafemi said the consignments which were intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja, Lagos were concealed in LED rechargeable lamps and sofa metal legs through the export shed of airport.

He said that Ejiofor was arrested on Tuesday Sept. 24 at the Trade Fair complex, Ojo area of Lagos where he sells automobile spare parts.

This, he said followed the seizure of his cargo containing auto parts, rechargeable lamps, sofa metal legs and electronics going to Liberia at the export shed of the Lagos airport.

In the same vein, the NDLEA smashed attempts by drug trafficking networks to export consignments of loud, tramadol pills, co-codamol tablets, pentazocine injection, dihydrocodeine and promethazine tabs through some courier companies.

Babafemi said that the consignments were to be shipped to the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Thailand and Oman.

He added that the attempted drug trafficking operations were foiled by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation, (DOGI), attached to the logistics firms.

Share This Article
Leave a comment

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  • https://stream.zeno.fm/dk8ldnmy1wbvv