Drug Trafficking: NDLEA Warns Nigerians Against Accepting Consignments From Abroad
Babafemi said unsuspecting recipients face arrest as the agency intercepted 27 parcels of Colorado weighing 32.20kg and other hidden drugs in Lagos.
- The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency warned Nigerians on Sunday to avoid accepting packages from abroad without verification, citing syndicates concealing illicit drugs like Colorado and Loud in consolidated cargoes.
- NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos recently intercepted a UK-bound consignment containing 27 parcels of Colorado weighing 32.20kg, revealing how traffickers exploit international shipping routes.
- Nationwide operations across seven states recovered 157,100 capsules of tramadol in Plateau State and 669.425kg of pregabalin in Kano, demonstrating the scale of illicit drug networks the agency is dismantling.
- Traffickers concealed contraband within music speakers and loaves of bread, leading to arrests including real estate agent Abideen Jide Salami on Wednesday after he arrived to collect a luggage using a secret collection code.
- NDLEA Chairman Mohamed Buba Marwa directed officers to sustain pressure on trafficking routes through airports and seaports, while commands continued War Against Drug Abuse sensitisation activities in schools and communities during the week.
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NDLEA seizes 2.3 tonnes of illicit drugs
By Kingsley Omonobi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted more than 2.3 tonnes of assorted illicit drugs in operations across nine states, including synthetic cannabis, popularly known as Colorado or Colos, opioids and other controlled substances. The agency also said it dismantled a Colorado distribution network linked to two consignments shipped from […]
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Flying EzeNDLEA intercepts colos shipments from UK
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted two shipments of synthetic cannabis, popularly known as Colorado or Colos, concealed in consolidated cargoes from the United Kingdom. The agency also recovered two other consignments of Colorado hidden inside music speakers at two motor parks in Lagos, with at least seven suspects arrested […] NDLEA intercepts colos shipments from UK
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CoreTV NewsDrug Trafficking: NDLEA Warns Nigerians Against Accepting Consignments From Abroad
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has warned Nigerians against accepting consignments from relatives and friends abroad without knowing the full contents, following an emerging trend of illicit drugs being concealed in consolidated cargoes.
NDLEA warns Nigerians against receiving unknown cargoes from abroad
The NDLEA has warned Nigerians against receiving consolidated cargoes from abroad without knowing their contents, as some are used to smuggle illicit drugs Read More: https://punchng.com/ndlea-warns-nigerians-against-receiving-unknown-cargoes-from-abroad/
NDLEA intercepts colos from UK, uncovers opioids in loaves of bread, music speakers
*Arrests real estate agent, grandma, others; recovers over 2.3tons of assorted illicit drugs in raids across Lagos, Ondo, Edo, Delta, Kaduna, Plateau, Bayelsa, Kano Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted two shipments of synthetic cannabis, popularly called Colorado or Colos in street terms concealed in consolidated cargoes coming from the […]
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