According to him, out of the 1,445 convicts, 221 of them are female, while the balance of 1,224 are male.
He said the attempt was foiled through synergy between Nigeria Customs Service and NDLEA officers at the airport and those at the DHL cargo warehouse.
NDLEA in Kaduna said its operatives arrested 420 suspects and seized 10,599,97kg of illicit drugs.
Seadogs urged students to avoid hard drugs as substance abuse will distort their academic careers and ruin their lives.
“The successes achieved wouldn’t have been possible without the synergy and support from other security agencies in the state,” he said.
The suspects, 23 males and a female, were arrested during raids on black spots in the state.
He said items recovered included 18 mobile phones, 157 weapons such as knives, cutlasses, four locally made guns, one toy gun, 34 ATM cards and 83 sachets of Diazepam tablets.
Mr Babafemi said the drugs were seized at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Friday in Lagos.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it arrested 352 suspects and seized 2.1 tonnes of hard drugs in Kano.
Others include 1000 tablets of Tramadol 200mg with a gross weight of 600 grams; 2, 300 capsules of Tramadol 100mg weighing 800 grams and 60 tablets of Rohypnol 1mg, weighing 19 grams.
