NDLEA intercepts 25kg meth hidden in breakfast cereal from South Africa
NDLEA operatives have intercepted a 25.05kg consignment of methamphetamine concealed in breakfast cereal packs at the Lagos airport, arresting a suspect. Read More: https://punchng.com/ndlea-intercepts-25kg-meth-hidden-in-breakfast-cereal-from-south-africa/
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 25.05 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in breakfast cereal packages at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. During their operation, the agency apprehended Chinedu Onwude, a 56-year-old trafficker, who had returned from South Africa with a stolen identity.
Onwude confessed that he had been contracted by a South African man named Obiora Okoye to deliver the illicit cargo in Nigeria for a fee of 20,000 South African rand. In a separate incident, an American citizen named Greene Khiree was arrested at the airport with 33.95 kilograms of a potent cannabis strain called Loud.
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