The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said its officers have intercepted 110 parcels of Colorado at Tincan seaport in Lagos
Director, Media and Advocacy (NDLEA), Mr Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi said that the strain of cannabis, weighing 55kg, were hidden in a container, marked MSCU 4972769 from Toronto via Montreal, Canada.
He said that the illicit consignment was discovered in the container bearing five units of used vehicles, during a joint examination of the cargo by NDLEA and other port stakeholders.
“The seizure was part of a total of 1,559.3 kilograms (1.5 tons) of the psychoactive substance seized during interdiction operations in five states in the past week, “he said.
He added that the agency also arrested a 34-year-old South American man from Suriname, Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, for drug trafficking.
He was arrested with 9.9kg cocaine concealed in condoms at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA), Rivers state.
He said that the suspect came into Nigeria with 117 parcels of cocaine drugs which were concealed in extra-large latex condoms factory packed inside bottles of 100ml body spray.
He also said that the suspect claimed he departed his country, Suriname, located in the North Eastern coast of South America on April 2 for Sao Paulo, Brazil.
He added that he departed from Sao Paulo to Nigeria on Friday on April 7, on board Qatar Airways flight in search of his long-lost Nigerian father whom he called “Omini.”
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