Babafemi said that the drugs were intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport , Lagos, and in Ondo, Edo, Kano, Kaduna and Plateau states.He stated that two consignments of heroin weighing 4.40kg and 550grams were intercepted at the cargo shed of the MMIA on Oct. 6 and Oct. 15, respectively.
“In a follow-up operation on Oct. 9, one Adeoya Joy who was to collect the luggage from Aminu was arrested at Ajao Estate, Lagos, “The first attempt was made on Oct.15, when Onwukwe presented a carton of 16.55kg Indian hemp for export to the U.K. at the NAHCO export shed where he was promptly arrested.
Babafemi stated that a 45-year-old driver, Mohammed Haruna, was also arrested with 10,161 sachets of Tramadol and Rohypnol tablets and capsules while conveying the illicit drugs in a bus for distribution in Kano.
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