Mr Babafemi said the suspect, who operated boutiques in Lagos and Onitsha, Anambra, was taken into NDLEA custody upon his arrival from Bangkok, Thailand.
Mr Babafemi said the suspect was arrested by NDLEA operatives on Friday, August 1, with the illicit consignment.
NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi announced that operatives acted on credible intelligence on September 14 and arrested three suspects.
He said NDLEA also recovered 10.494kg of the same class of drug buried in heavy-duty pivot shafts en route to the U.S. at the same logistics company.
In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi said they were arrested during a raid of the Lagos base of a high-profile cocaine syndicate.
Mr Kabir Tsakuwa, commander of narcotics, NDLEA, FCT command, said this in an interview on Friday in Abuja.
At least 10 tons of hard drugs were seized in Kaduna, and no fewer than 900 suspected drug traffickers arrested, says NDLEA
