Despite flight restrictions, Lagos Airport records spike in drug trafficking

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A breakdown of the figure of the arrest indicated that despite the extant flights restriction with only essential flights allowed, suspected drug traffickers were still arrested. Read more:

Despite the lockdown and flight restrictions occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos arrested 27 suspected drug traffickers from January till date.

 

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