On Sunday, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) reported that its agents had seized a substantial shipment of Canadian Loud, a potent synthetic strain of cannabis imported and packaged in 324 bags with a total weight of 111.2 kilograms in the Onikan area of Lagos Island.
NDLEA said the consignment was being conveyed for distribution in an unregistered Grand Caravan vehicle by a 42-year-old suspect, Taofeek Yusuf.
According to the agency, the arrest of Taofeek and seizure of the imported consignment on Friday followed credible intelligence, which came on the heels of the arrest of another drug trafficking suspect, Godwin ThankGod on 11th January by its operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos.
NDLEA, in a statement issued on Sunday by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said the Milan, Italy-bound Godwin was intercepted while attempting to board a Royal Air Maroc flight with quantities of codeine-based syrup and rohypnol concealed in his luggage.
Babafemi disclosed that the suspect, who is a regular flyer, was arrested during a search of his luggage at the departure gate of Terminal 2 of the airport, leading to the discovery of five cartons consisting of 50 bottles of codeine syrup and 300 tablets of Rohypnol.
The spokesperson also announced that the NDLEA operatives recovered 30,000 packs of tramadol 225 mg on Friday, consisting of 300,000 pills.
He said the consignment, which came from Karachi, Pakistan, on KLM Royal Dutch Airline, with airway bill number 074-62674964, was taken into custody following a joint examination with other security agencies at the airport.
Announcing other interceptions and seizures by the NDLEA, Babafemi said: “Various quantities of tramadol and cannabis sativa concealed in soles of sports canvas shoes going to Oman as well as another consignment of tramadol and Rohypnol hidden in spices heading to the United Kingdom were intercepted at two courier firms in Lagos by NDLEA operatives of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation, DOGI, on Tuesday 9th January.
“Operatives in Oyo State raided a clandestine skuchies factory operated by Oyadeji Dimeji, 28, in the Moniya area of Ibadan, where 76.6kg of cannabis sativa, 134 grams of tramadol, 93 grams of phenol and 50 litres of already-produced skuchies, a liquid mixture containing various types of psychoactive substances, were recovered.”
