Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Nwankwo Onyebuchi, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos with 1.550kg of cocaine concealed within his luggage.
According to NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi, the suspect was intercepted at Terminal II attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to New Delhi, India, with the illicit consignment hidden inside the factory-fitted walls and railings of his checked bag.
During interrogation, Onyebuchi confessed that he sold his marble business and personal assets to raise N23 million to acquire the drugs, expecting to resell them in India for N100 million.
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In parallel intelligence-led operations across Lagos, NDLEA officers raided a warehouse in the Okota area, seizing 377,600 bottles of codeine-based syrup valued at over N2.6 billion.
Another raid at a residence in Ipaja led to the arrest of 55-year-old Shoremi Kayode and the recovery of 324kg of synthetic cannabis ("Colorado") worth N972 million. Additional enforcement actions across Kwara, Oyo, Delta, Plateau, Kano, and Edo states led to multiple arrests and the destruction of over 4,600kg of cannabis crops, alongside the seizure of hundreds of thousands of opioid pills and injections.
"In a candid confession that lays bare the desperation that fuels the drug trade, Nwankwo said he had sold off his marble business and every asset he owned..." — Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Spokesman
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