The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has detained a 24-year-old Thai woman caught with illicit substances at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, announced the arrest on Sunday in Abuja, stating that the suspect was caught with 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.60 kilograms.
She was intercepted on Thursday during the inward clearance of passengers on a Qatar Airways flight from Thailand via Doha. Investigations showed she was hired by a drug cartel, which promised her a payment of $3,000 upon successful delivery of the consignment in Nigeria.
In another operation, NDLEA operatives prevented an attempt to smuggle 68 parcels of Ghanaian Loud, weighing 42.2 kilograms, concealed within crated cartons and destined for London.
A freight agent and two dispatch riders were initially arrested before the mastermind was traced to his residence in Ajah, Lagos, and taken into custody.
At the Port Harcourt Port Complex in Rivers, NDLEA officers intercepted a shipment containing 49,000 pills of Tamol, a brand of Tramadol 225mg. The consignment was seized during a joint examination with the Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies.
Meanwhile, in Nasarawa, two suspects were arrested on Saturday at Kokona/Keffi with 517 kilograms of skunk. Another operation in Niger led to the arrest of two individuals transporting 62.7 kilograms of skunk in a Toyota Corolla along Sabon Asibiti road, Kontagora.
NDLEA’s nationwide War Against Drug Abuse campaign continued with sensitization programs in schools, religious centers, workplaces, and communities. Recent lectures were held at Maku Grammar School in Oyo, Comprehensive Secondary School in Imo, Jama’atu Islamiyya Secondary School in Kogi, and Owerri-Aba Primary School in Imo.
Chairman of NDLEA, Brigadier General Buba Marwa, commended the officers for their relentless efforts in tackling drug trafficking and abuse. He praised their success in both drug supply reduction and public awareness campaigns, reinforcing the agency’s commitment to a drug-free society.
NAN
