The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency sniffer dogs have uncovered cocaine in India-bound shipment at the cargo terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that a consignment of spare parts from Asaba, Delta and going to Malviya Nagar, New Delhi, India was intercepted.

Mr Babafemi said that the NDLEA sniffer dogs were deployed to examine the spare parts on Wednesday December 29 and were able to identify the particular shipment containing illicit drug concealment.

“A physical examination later confirmed it to be cocaine measuring 200grams,” Mr Babafemi said.

Meanwhile, not less than 70 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of Indian hemp, with a gross weight of 35kg were seized by operatives of the Tincan Command of NDLEA from a container, marked BEAU 4993525 coming from Toronto via Montreal, Canada.

Mr Babafemi said that the container contained four used vehicles, including a Honda CRV 2006 model, where bags of the psychoactive substance were concealed.

“In the FCT Abuja, NDLEA operatives on Monday, December 18, intercepted a waybill consignment of 25,000 pills of tramadol, while their counterparts in Anambra State arrested two suspects at Onitsha head bridge.

“Ejiro Emmanuel was driving a bus marked EFR 31 XB conveying 61,100 tramadol capsules; 1, 025 bottles of codeine; 1,350 tablets of rohypnol and 46 grams of designer drugs.

“Daniel Ogbiyoyo was caught in a bus marked SAP 540 YK, conveying 55,950 tramadol capsules; 3,117 bottles of codeine; 1,530 tablets of swinol and 1,350 tablets of rohypnol,” he said.

Also, operatives in Delta State on Monday December 18, in a joint operation with the military, raided the home of a drug kingpin, Chukwuma Eneriku at Okanaro Street, Abbi town, where bags of cannabis weighing 353kg were recovered.

“Same day, NDLEA operatives in Enugu State recovered bags of Indian hemp weighing 435.1kg in a warehouse located at Trans Ekulu, Enugu East Local Government Area.

“In Edo State, five persons dressed in NDLEA operational jackets were arrested with a fabricated gun and pistol carved from wood following intelligence that they were impersonating as officers of the agency and conducting illegal operations.

“The suspects include: Sebastine Asekiamhe, 22; Raymond Otaru, 28; Emmanuel Wisdom, 23; Solomon Edogamhe, 27; and Bonaventure Oghibui, 22. Some others in NDLEA jackets escaped, a bottle of codeine-based syrup was found with those arrested,” he said.

(NAN)