The NDLEA said the drugs were concealed in peels of plantain, which appeared as real plantains and were packed among other food items.
Several bank accounts and cryptocurrency addresses used by the cartel to conceal hundreds of billions of illicit funds have also been identified and blocked, the NDLEA said.
NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday that the parcels of cocaine were concealed in his private part and the soles of his footwear.
The NDLEA spokesman said a female suspect was arrested on Friday, January 23, in Mokwa, Niger State, in a follow-up operation by operatives.
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NDLEA operatives in Oyo State on Monday arrested a wanted female drug kingpin who was a major illicit drug distributor in Ibadan.
The NDLEA arrested a female drug kingpin with 23.50 kilogrammes of cocaine recovered from her children’s room in Lagos.
Mr Babafemi said the suspect was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA’s special operations unit after weeks of intelligence and surveillance on his activities.
According to NDLEA, the raid followed intelligence gathered about the drug party, which it sent its men to observe as participants.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than 300,000 pills of exol-5 in Ogun and Katsina raids, respectively.
NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi described the illicit consignment as the single largest seizure of Loud and Colorado, two strong strains of cannabis.
