Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a Brazil returnee, Agbasi Prosper Chux with one hundred and five parcels of cocaine concealed in candies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
In a statement by the NDLEA Director Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the suspect was arrested at the ‘D’ arrival hall of the Airport during inward clearance of passengers from Sao Paulo, Brazil following credible intelligence.
Babafemi added that three other traffickers were arrested by operatives with a total of two hundred and fifty-six kilograms of illicit substances seized from them during interdiction operations in Kwara, Kogi and Niger state in the past week.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Retired Brigadier-General Buba Marwa commended the officers in Lagos, Kwara, Kogi and Niger states Commands for the arrests and seizures.
