Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have uncovered illicit drugs concealed in incense candles and ladies’ wear in Lagos.
“The items which include consignments of cocaine and loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis – were concealed in incense candles, game packs, dry hibiscus leaves and ladies’ wears,” NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said.
According to a statement on Sunday, the hard drugs were meant to be smuggled in and out of Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
Babafemi said some suspects were apprehended.
A businessman, Abdulwahab Owolabi Alebiosu was on Thursday, July 18, 2024 arrested at his Horizon Court, Lekki, Lagos residence after a consignment of 40 parcels of Loud weighing 20.30Kg hidden in packs of chessboards, scrabbles, checkers, and poker set, brought in from Canada on a British Airways flight was intercepted at the SAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport during a joint examination of the cargo with men of Customs Service,” the statement read.
It added, “A search of his home also led to the recovery of more exhibits including some drug paraphernalia, such as a weighing scale, and cannabis potency test kit, while four vaping machines were recovered from his business premises on Admiralty Way, Lekki. A Mikano black truck with registration number FST 657 HP was also recovered from his house
