Nigerian drug agency intercepts cocaine, opioids heading to Cyprus, United Kingdom and Ireland

The operatives of the Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it intercepted a consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids at three courier firms in Lagos, Nigeria heading to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus.

 

The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs were concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads and hair treatment cream containers.

 

Babafemi said that the consignments were heading to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus respectively.

 

According to him, in one of the logistics companies, not less than 30 parcels of cocaine weighing 1.1 kilograms were concealed in hair cream containers.

 

“They were recovered by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, (DOGI), during examination of cargoes going to Ireland on Tuesday Sept. 3.

 

“Another consignment of 24 parcels of cocaine weighing 862 grams also hidden in hair cream containers meant for delivery in UK was equally intercepted at the same company on Friday Sept. 5.