NDLEA Intercepts Qatar-Bound Illicit Drugs Concealed In African Salad, Dried Vegetables

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says its operatives have detained a 35-year-old lady, Chidinma Chinenye Agbazue, after she was caught with 20 parcels of cannabis sativa weighing 10.70 kilograms concealed in African salad popularly called Abacha and dried vegetables.According to a statement released by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, the suspect was attempting to export the illicit drug to Doha, Qatar through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja Lagos State.

“She said preparatory to her return to Doha, she was lodged at Club Dice Hotel in Ikotun area of Lagos where the consignment was handed over to her for trafficking to the Arab country,” the statement read.

NDLEA operatives in Taraba recovered 39,980 pills of tramadol from a suspect, Abubakar Mohammed, 33, in Lankaviri village, and another suspect, Apaji Vincent, 29, arrested in Wukari on Thursday 28th March with 131kg cannabis sativa.

 

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