NDLEA Busts UK Colos Pipeline, Seizes 2.3 Tonnes of Drugs
– Real estate agent, 70-year-old woman, others arrested as traffickers hide opioids in bread, music speakers Michael Olugbode in Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled multiple drug
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled drug trafficking networks across eight states, intercepting consignments from the UK and seizing over 2.3 tonnes of illicit drugs. A real estate agent, a tour agent, a 70-year-old woman, and several others were arrested. The agency intercepted two large consignments of Colorado, also known as Colos, concealed in luggage and music speakers at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
One suspect, a real estate agent, was allegedly working with his brother in the UK to receive the drugs. In Lagos, three packs of Colorado were hidden inside a music speaker and were destined for Abidjan and Liberia. In Delta State, pentazocine injection, codeine syrup, tramadol, diazepam, flunitrazepam, and MDMA were seized from music speakers.
In Kano, 20 capsule of pregabalin weighing 669.425 kilogrammes were intercepted. The agency also targeted cannabis cultivation and distribution, destroying 4,832.56 kilogrammes of skunk cannabis in Edo State's forests and recovering 876 kilogrammes of cannabis in Bayelsa State. The arrests were made as part of the NDLEA's War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities.
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