NDLEA Busts International Drug Ring: Five Arrested, Loud Consignments Seized

NDLEA Busts International Drug Ring: Five Arrested, Loud Consignments Seized

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the disruption of an international drug syndicate operating across Nigeria, South Africa, and Thailand. Following two weeks of intelligence-led operations in Lagos, Abia, and Anambra states, NDLEA operatives apprehended at least five members of the cartel. The arrests were made subsequent to the interception of their illicit drug shipments at the NAHCO import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos.

According to the NDLEA, the dismantling of the drug cartel commenced on April 20th when four large suitcases arrived at the NAHCO shed via an Air Peace airline flight from Johannesburg, South Africa. The first suspect, Umeh Chisom Peter, was apprehended on April 24th while attempting to collect two of the suitcases containing Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis linked to a Thailand-based member of the syndicate named Obum Michael.

Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy for NDLEA, disclosed these developments in a statement released on Sunday.

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