NDLEA Intercepts Large Consignment of Loud Concealed in Loudspeakers at Lagos Airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a large consignment of Loud, a synthetic strong strain of cannabis (Indian hemp) at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. The interception was disclosed in a statement by the NDLEA director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja.
Mr. Babafemi revealed that the drugs were concealed in giant loudspeakers tucked in a consolidated cargo imported from New York, United States of America. The giant wooden boxes, masquerading as sound speakers, were seized by NDLEA officers at the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc, NAHCO, import shed of the Lagos airport.
Upon inspection, the sound boxes were found to be stuffed with 60 bags of the expensive but highly sought-after psychoactive substance, Loud, weighing 33.5 kilograms. At least three suspects have been apprehended in connection with the smuggling operation: freight agent Akeem Afeez, logistics company manager Babalola Ayodeji, and the receiver of the consignment, Taiwo Olusegun.
“They were intercepted in follow-up operations between Thursday, February 15, and Friday, February 16. Afeez was arrested at the airport, Ayodeji was nabbed at his office on Allen Avenue Ikeja, and Taiwo was traced to his residence at 13 Ayo Babatunde Crescent, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, where he was picked on Friday, February 16,” Mr. Babafemi stated.
The NDLEA chairman, Buba Marwa, commended the officers and men of the MMIA for their outstanding feats in the past week. Mr. Marwa equally lauded their counterparts in all the commands across the country for intensifying their WADA advocacy lectures, thus, creating a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
Credit: NAN