“Attempts by some traffickers to also import into Nigeria 20 cartons of khat weighing 126.900 kgs were also quashed.
“This was through the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company import shed of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, ” he said.On Wednesday, 29 September, Mr Babafemi said one Ibrahim Sulyman was arrested, during a cargo search operation at Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc export shed, with sachets of tramadol weighing 76gms, concealed inside black soap, heading to Dubai, UAE.
He said the operatives also arrested a widow, Aliya Idris, on Saturday, 25 September in the house of a wanted drug dealer, Shamsu Boda, at Joji road, Tudun Wada, Zaria, Kaduna State, having been found in possession of 30 bottles of cough syrup with codeine, and 20 sachets of Rophynol with gross weight of 4.2kg and 77.5 gms, respectively.
Mr Bababfemi further disclosed that at least two drug dealers were arrested and over 1,213.2kg of drugs seized at Ikosi, Ketu, Kosofe Local Government Area in raids across Lagos State on Wednesday, 29 September.
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