Christmas Colorado And Cannabis Juice Intercepted In Lagos Airport – NDLEA

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, or NDLEA, have seized consignments of Colorado hidden in automobiles imported from Montreal, Canada, and packs of cannabis juice flown in from South Africa, both at the Murtala Muhammed International and the Tin Can Seaport, Apapa, both in Lagos.

Femi Babafemj, director of media and advocacy, revealed this on Sunday and stated that the consignments were intended for distribution prior to the Christmas holiday season.

“At least, 12 suspects including two dock workers and a wine shop businessman have so far been arrested in connection with the two seizures as well as the recovery of 152 kilograms of skunk from two dealers in Kano.

Also recovered were 100,000 pills of Tramadol in Imo state and 520kgs of cannabis hidden in soft drinks crates loaded in a truck coming to Abuja, the nation’s Federal Capital Territory.

He said, “At the SAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport, the search of consolidated cargo from South Africa led to the discovery of smuggled bottled Cannabis juice with a gross weight of 16.50kgs on Wednesday 21st December.

“Investigations by anti-narcotics officers subsequently led to the arrest of four freight agents: Soremekun Olalekan Wasiu; Olufisayo Dayo; Moruf Olusegun Bashir and Imole Moses Ajayi, whose statements eventually led to the arrest of the consignee, a wine shop business owner, Emebede Chuka, the following day Thursday 22nd December”.

“Also, an attempt to export quantities of cannabis and ecstasy pills also known as MDMA concealed in beverage drink, Bournvita, containers to Dubai, UAE, through the NAHCO export shed on Friday 23rd Dec was frustrated while a vulcaniser given the assignment for a fee of N4,000, Iyanda Ogunleye Yaya has been arrested.

In the same vein, a consignment of 185 parcels of cannabis Indica, popularly called Colorado weighing 61.3kgs have been seized during a joint examination of a container at the Tincan seaport, Lagos.

The container marked MSCU5206726 from Montreal, Canada was declared as containing three units of used vehicles but upon a 100% examination, it was found to contain two vehicles; a 2009 Toyota Corolla car and a 2009 Ford Econoline bus as well as used car engines, bicycles, shoes and other items including the drugs.

Two dock workers: Abdulquadri Abdulazeez and Ogbuji Kenneth are already in NDLEA custody in connection with the seizure following their initial arrest by Port Security and the Police.

In Kano, two suspects: Nura Zakariya’u and Alkasim Abubakar were arrested along Zaria-Kano road, Kwanar Dangora, with 161 blocks of cannabis weighing 152kgs and various quantities of Exol and Codeine based syrup, while a total of 100,000 pills of tramadol were recovered from a suspect, Amaechi Johnson in Imo state on his way to Onitsha, Anambra state.

Similarly, on Tuesday, December 20, authorities in Ondo state recovered 708 kilograms of cannabis from a bus in the Ehinogbe, Owo region.

Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, expressed his appreciation for the officers and personnel of the MMIA, Tincan, Kano, Ondo, Imo, and FCT commands for their vigilance, professionalism, and strong working relationships with other security agencies in their respective jurisdictions in response to the arrests and seizures.

He encouraged them to make sure that during the holiday season and beyond, not a gram of illegal substance would get past their checks and into the streets, as well as their fellow citizens across the nation.

He wished them a happy holiday season and a prosperous new year, together with their families.