Officials of the National Narcotics Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested Adrian Munju, a 41-year-old Canadian woman, at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos, for allegedly importing a large quantity of the powerful synthetic drug ‘Canadian Loud’. I was arrested. Cannabis.
The suspect was arrested on Thursday, October 3, 2024, at Terminal 1 of the Lagos Airport during immigration screening for passengers on a KLM flight from Canada.
NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday that a joint search of Adrian’s three bags while he was visiting Nigeria for the first time revealed that two of the three were packed with 74 illegal drugs weighing 35.20 kilograms. He said that it was discovered that bag.
NDLEA further said, “In her statement, she claimed that she was scouted to smuggle the shipment for C$10,000 through an online platform upon a successful delivery in Lagos.” She said she accepted the offer because she needed money to pay for her ongoing master’s degree program in Canada. ”
It was revealed that NDLEA operatives in Port Harcourt Ports, Onne, Rivers State, had stolen 13,298,000 tablets of opioids including Tramadol, TraMaking Quick Action Tramadol, Tamol-X, Royal Tapentadol, Carisoprodol and codeine-based drugs. This is equivalent to the seizure of 338,253 bottles of cough syrup. , all with a street value of 9,017 Naira, over 771,000.
The opioids were recovered from three containers arriving from India that were subject to the NDLEA during a joint 100% inspection of the cargo with Nigerian Customs officials and other port officials on Wednesday, October 2 and 3, 2024. Ta.
Also, on Thursday, October 3, NDLEA operatives intercepted 100 pieces of Canadian Loud weighing 50kg at Tincan port in Lagos.
The shipment was divided into 20 parcels, each packed in five jumbo bags and hidden in a container containing four imported cars from Canada.
NDLEA said that the container was earlier removed from the ESS Libra bonded terminal in Ikorodu, but based on reliable information, NDLEA officials were able to trace the container to a warehouse in Ikorodu, where one of the imported vehicles illegally transported the container. He said the cargo had been discovered. Toyota Sienna bus.
The suspect, Abubakar Shuaib Ibrahim, is already in custody in connection with the attack.
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