The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officials seized 126 packets of Canadian Loud, a synthetic cannabis weighing 63 kilograms, hidden in a used Toyota Corolla imported from Toronto, Canada, at Lagos’ Tincan seaport.
A similar attempt by cargo agent Mordi Chukwuemeka to export 900 grams of the same material to Kenya, hidden in the walls of a travelling bag containing food items, was thwarted by NDLEA officers at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday, April 29.
The Drug Enforcement Agency spokesman, Femi Babafemi, revealed this on Sunday in a statement obtained by the journalist.
Babafemi stated that operatives noticed the unevenly bloated side walls of the bag containing food items for export which Mordi presented during the consignment search. Consequently, they dismantled the false packing and recovered the illicit substance.
Furthermore, NDLEA officials intercepted Mordi Chukwuemeka, a cargo agent at Murtala Muhammad International Airport’s SAHCO export depot, when he attempted to export 900 grams of the same material to Kenya. Mordi had hidden the substance by loudly stuffing it within the walls of a holdall filled with food items.
Femi Babafemi, a spokesperson for the Anti-Drug Agency, made the revelation on Sunday in a statement obtained by correspondents.
Babafemi says:
When officers inspected the shipment, they found the bag’s sidewalls to bulge unevenly, so they dismantled the fake package and secured the illegal substance. The previous day, Friday, April 28, operatives at the Tincan port intercepted 63kg Canadian loud packed in bags in the boot of one of the five used vehicles in a container marked TLLU4840762 coming from Toronto via Montreal during a joint examination with other stakeholders at the port.
cc: Punch Ng
