The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has nabbed 34-year-old Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, a South American from Suriname at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State.
He was arrested for bringing into Nigeria 117 parcels of cocaine concealed in extra-large latex condoms packed inside bottles of 100ml body spray.
This was made known through a statement by the spokesperson of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday.
According to the statement: “The suspect claimed he departed his country, Suriname, located in the North Eastern coast of South America on April 2 for Sao Paulo, Brazil and from Sao Paulo, he came to Nigeria on Friday, April 7, on board a Qatar Airways flight in search of his long-lost Nigerian father whom he called Omini.”
In the same vein, the NDLEA said its operatives at Tincan seaport in Lagos intercepted 110 parcels of colorado, a strain of cannabis weighing 55kg, hidden in a container marked MSCU 4972769 from Toronto via Montreal, Canada.
According to the anti-narcotic agency, the illicit consignment was discovered in a container bearing five units of used vehicles during a joint examination of the cargo by the NDLEA and other port stakeholders.
“The seizure was part of a total of 1,559.3 kilograms (1.5 tons) of the psychoactive substance seized during interdiction operations in five states in the past week.|
“While two suspects: Nura Ibrahim, 40, and Habibu Sadiq, 38, were arrested with 120 blocks of cannabis weighing 148.7kg along Zaria-Kano road, Kano, on Sunday 2nd April,” the agency added.
The NDLEA further disclosed that not less than 418.5kg of the same substance and a Sienna space bus used in conveying it were recovered on Thursday, April 6, at a notorious drug hub, Patey, in Lagos Island, Lagos.
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