Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) have arrested six persons while attempting to bring in banned substances into Lagos.
Mr Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that operatives of the Marine Command of the agency at 2:30am on Christmas eve intercepted two boats.
Babafemi said that they were loaded with 1,960 kilograms of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis at the Eleko beach in Lekki area of Lagos.
He said that six foreign nationals who brought the consignments from Ghana were arrested during the operation.
“They include: two Ghanaians: Godsway John, 38; and Freedom Kelvin, 33; as well as four Beninese: Chegoun Hounsou, 23; Gadabor Nyameto, 47; Adantg Sasa, 34; and Ayao Kayivi, 21,” he said.
