The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 34-year-old South American man from Suriname, Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, for drug trafficking.

In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the suspect was arrested at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA), Rivers state, for bringing into Nigeria 117 parcels of cocaine.

He said the drugs were concealed in extra-large latex condoms factory packed inside bottles of 100ml body spray.

Mr Babafemi also said the suspect claimed he departed his country, Suriname, on the northeastern coast of South America on April 2 for Sao Paulo, Brazil.

He added that he departed from Sao Paulo to Nigeria on Friday, April 7, onboard the Qatar Airways flight in search of his long-lost Nigerian father, whom he called “Omini.”

In the same vein, NDLEA officers at Tincan seaport in Lagos intercepted 110 parcels of Colorado.

Mr Babafemi said the strain of cannabis, weighing 55kg, were hidden in a container marked MSCU 4972769 from Toronto via Montreal, Canada.

He said the illicit consignment was discovered in the container bearing five units of used vehicles during a joint examination of the cargo by NDLEA and other port stakeholders.

“The seizure was part of a total of 1,559.3 kilograms (1.5 tons) of the psychoactive substance seized during interdiction operations in five states in the past week,” he said.

Meanwhile, two suspects: Nura Ibrahim, 40, and Habibu Sadiq, 38, were arrested with 120 blocks of cannabis, weighing 148.7kg, along Zaria-Kano road on Sunday, April 2.

Mr Babafemi said that not less than 418.5kg of the same substance and a Sienna space bus used in conveying it were recovered on Thursday, April 6, at a notorious drug hub, Patey, Lagos Island.

“A suspect, Azi Solomon, was arrested the same day at Ojota garage while attempting to move 23kg cannabis to another state,” he said.

(NAN)