ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted 1.54 kilograms of illicit drugs hidden in soap bars at a courier house in Lagos State.
This was disclosed in a statement on Sunday by the Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who said that the drug was intended to be carried to Australia.
Babafemi said the seizure is a follow-up operation to an earlier interception of 3.389kg of the same substance on 23 February, which resulted in the arrest of Paul Adetigbe, a suspect drug courier.
āNDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, attached to courier firms have intercepted blocks of compressed brown methamphetamine packaged as soap bars weighing 1.54 kilograms going to Australia.
āThe seizure at a courier house in Lagos on Tuesday 2nd May was a follow up operation to an earlier interception of 3.389kg of the same substance on 23rd February 2023. A suspected drug courier, Paul Adetigbe who delivered the previous parcel was eventually arrested with the latest consignment,” the statement reads.