The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made huge seizures of cocaine and heroin with street value of over N30 billion in Lagos State.
The drugs were intercepted in three major busts carried out at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport between January 24 and January 27, 2021.
The agency said in a statement on Tuesday, February 2, that one of the busts was the biggest single seizure from an individual in the past 15 years.
A female passenger,
Onyejegbu Ifesinachi Jennifer, was intercepted by NDLEA operatives when she landed at the airport from Sao Paulo, Brazil on January 27.
A thorough search of the 33-year-old s two travel bags revealed 26.850 kilograms of cocaine concealed inside 16 pieces of duvet.
Onyejegbu Ifesinachi Jennifer: NDLEA catch woman wit ‘cocaine’ worth billions for Lagos
1 February 2021
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Onyejegbu Ifesinachi Jennifer, one 33 years old passenger wey arrive Nigeria from Brazil don chop accuse of di biggest single seizure of cocaine inside Nigeria in di past 15 years.
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for Nigeria seize Cocaine and Heroine wit street value of ova N30billion for Murtala Muhammed International Airport for Lagos.
Dis dey come barely one week afta di new Chairman of di agency, General Muhammed Buba Marwa, vow to dismantle drug trafficking cartels across di kontri.
One of di seizures, na 26.840 kilograms of cocaine di biggest single seizure from one pesin for di past 15 years according to one top official for di agency.
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Drug substances tested positive for cocaine worth N21bn have been recovered from a hairstylist, Jennifer Onyejegbu, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
It was learnt that the officials discovered another drug later confirmed to be cocaine worth N7bn in luggage abandoned at the E-arrival hall of the airport after the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian airline.
“Based on information on the luggage tag, the luggage arrived in Nigeria from Sao Paulo, Brazil, a destination classified as high-risk country going by records and trends of arrest and seizures.
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) made huge seizures of drugs last week.
Cocaine and heroin packages with street value of N30 billion were discovered at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos.
One of the seizures, 26.840 kilograms of cocaine, is the biggest from an individual in the past 15 years.
A top NDLEA official gave the details to the press at the weekend.
The brief disclosed that on January 27 at about 1:20pm during the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airlines passengers, a female passenger, Onyejegbu Ifesinachi Jennifer, 33, from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, was intercepted.
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