442 parcels of Crystal Methamphetamine concealed in heads of smoked fishes packed in cartons for export to Dubai, United Arab Emirates have been intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
Thelagostimes gathered that the hard drugs were uncovered by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) through the SAHCO export shed of the airport.
According to a statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the 11.90kg consignment was brought on Friday, August 5 by a 32-year-old freight agent, Adekunle Paul, from Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State.
He said Paul was promptly arrested upon the discovery that the seven cartons he presented for export contained parcels of the dangerous drug wrapped with foil paper and concealed in the heads of hundreds of smoked catfish.
“The next day, Saturday 6th August, another consignment containing 1.45kg cannabis concealed inside granulated melon and crayfish and packed among other food condiments going to Dubai, UAE was also intercepted by NDLEA operatives who arrested the freight agent, Ajisefini Lateef, that presented the cargo for export at the SAHCO shed. The 39-year-old agent is from Abeokuta West LGA, Ogun State,” the statement read.
Similarly, a 50-year-old Mgbeobuna Eberechukwu was arrested by anti-narcotic officers at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu State for ingesting 77 pellets of cocaine.
Eberechukwu was apprehended on Saturday, August 6 after his arrival from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia onboard an Ethiopian airline flight. The suspect, who hails from Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was said to have passed out the 77 wraps of the illicit drug in eight excretions spanning four days.