NDLEA seizes at Tin Can Port 532 consignments of Loud, destroys 1,230kg of cannabis in Kogi
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Some 532 parcels of Loud – a synthetic strain of cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) – at have been intercepted at the Tin Can Port, Lagos by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
NDLEA Media and Advocacy Director Femi Babafemi announced in a statement on Sunday the drugs, which weighed 265.25kg, were found in a black Toyota Sienna bus, on August 7.
The bus was one of the three vehicles in a container marked MSMU 6029570 which sailed in from Montreal, Canada.
“The seizure was made during a 100 per cent joint examination with men of Customs Service and other stakeholders.
“The following day, Thursday, the operatives recorded yet another seizure of 75 parcels of the same substance weighing 37.5kg in a container marked FSCU-9274613, that came from Canada,” Babafemi said.
The NDLEA in Lagos also recovered 1,169kg of the same psychoactive substance concealed in a bus along Orchard Road, Ajah, on August 4.
Elsewhere, the NDLEA with the support of personnel from Operation Farauta Sector 3, detained a 49-year-old Joseph Peter, 49, in Adamawa on August 8 over alleged drug trafficking.
Babafemi confirmed the suspect was found with 425 compressed blocks of cannabis Sativa weighing 291.200kg in his Toyota Camry car marked Lagos KSF 381 HM.
He said Peter claimed he was bringing the consignment from Edo to be delivered in Yola.
Two suspects, Adekunle Adebayo, 50; and Yahaya Mamuda, 35; were apprehended and detained in the Gadar Tamburawa area of Kano on August 6 with cannabis weighing 29.5kg.
In another development, according to Babafemi, more than 1,230.00kg of cannabis was destroyed on three hectares of farmland at Ikeje forest, Edimogo village, Igalamela/Odolu Council in Kogi on August 10.
“This was carried out by NDLEA officers supported by men of the Nigerian Army while the owner, Danjuma Maji, 40, was detained,” he said.
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