National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officials have seized $4.7 million counterfeit cash which was to be injected into Nigeria’s economy.

The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said operatives of the agency had in the early hours of Friday, February 18 stopped a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja at the Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory.

He noted that it was a consignment sent from Lagos to the FCT and a 52-year old man was arrested in relation to the counterfeit cash.

“A controlled delivery of the parceled counterfeit US dollars totalling $4, 760, 000 led to the arrest of a principal suspect, 52-year-old Abdulmumini Maikasuwa.

“The seizure followed intelligence received by the FCT Command of the Agency detailing the movement of the cash and the vehicle conveying it. Meanwhile, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has directed that both the cash and the suspect in custody be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation”, he said.

In a related development, a nursing mother, Mrs. Rashidat Adebayo, has again been arrested in Offa, Kwara State with assorted drugs such as Tramadol, Swinol, Diazepam, and Pentazocine injection ampules.

This is coming barely three weeks after NDLEA operatives granted the 38-year-old mother administrative bail following her arrest for dealing in illicit drugs.