Lagos: NDLEA intercepts 8.2kg methamphetamine concealed in chocolate packs
Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos have intercepted a carefully packaged consignment of 8.2 kilograms of methamphetamine at a motor park in Mazamaza, Ojo area of the state.
The highly addictive illicit substance, also called ice or crystal meth was packed in imported Dunkin’ turtle love chocolate wraps and concealed in the casing of three loud speakers.
The director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement Sunday said the operatives June 8, intercepted a white Nissan Frontier pick up vehicle with amber lights and fake registration number of a security agency at Kiyi village in Kuje area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
He said the vehicle was loaded with 454 compressed blocks of cannabis sativa, weighing 340.8kg procured at Uzeba, Edo state.
He noted that a 76-year-old grandfather, Mr. Francis Omofa, linked to the consignment was arrested and he claimed to have been in the illicit drug business for 10 years.
Babafemi also disclosed that a snake guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs in Igor community, Benin city, Edo state, was raided by the operatives who detected a specially constructed large hole storage in a wall covered with wallpapers and fetish objects.
He said different quantities of illicit substances such as methamphetamine, Loud, Colorado and Arizona including all strong strains of cannabis with a total weight of 8.743 kilograms, were pulled out from the deep hole dug in the wall of the shrine building.
