6.3 kg of cannabis in speakers bound for Malabo; two agents held
NDLEA officers at Lagos airport seized 6.3 kg of cannabis concealed in sound systems bound for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on 8 December 2022. A freight agent was arrested with the consignment and a second agent was caught in a follow-up raid the next day.
🇳🇬 Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos · Nigeria
Parcels of cannabis weighing 6.3 kg, concealed in sound systems (speakers) and bound for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, were seized through the SAHCO export shed at Lagos airport on Thursday 8 December 2022.[1][2]The account comes from NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi’s statement on the agency’s end-of-week operations, as reported by both outlets.[1][2]
Operatives first arrested freight agent Joseph Obiji, who was connected with the consignment, and the following day nabbed a second agent, Mbanu Ifeanyi Andrew, in a follow-up operation at ASPAMDA market in the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo area of Lagos.[1][2]
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