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NDLEA intercepts opioids, arrests real estate agent in Lagos operation

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Summary

NDLEA said it intercepted illicit drugs hidden in cargoes and other items in Lagos and arrested at least seven suspects in linked operations.

Highlights

  • Operatives intercepted a UK-bound cargo at MMIA, Lagos, containing 27 parcels of Colorado weighing 32.20kg, NDLEA said.
  • A real estate agent, Abideen Jide Salami, was arrested after allegedly arriving with a secret code to collect a bag linked to the consignment.
  • NDLEA also said another suspect, Nurudeen Abiodun Kadiri, 44, was arrested over a separate UK consignment of 12.25kg of Colorado.
  • In another Lagos operation, the agency said drugs were found hidden in a music speaker at a motor park, with two suspects arrested.
  • The agency said separate seizures were also made in Delta State, including pentazocine injection, codeine syrup, tramadol, diazepam, flunitrazepam and MDMA.

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