Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 942 explosives concealed in a sack and the subsequent arrest of a 30-year-old suspect, Nura Muhammad (alias Nura Hariji).
Its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in a statement issued Sunday said the Chairman of the agency, Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd) has directed that the suspect and exhibits be transferred to the appropriate security agency for further action.
He said: “In Kaduna, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kaduna – Zaria expressway on Saturday 3rd May intercepted a commercial vehicle coming from Nasarawa State heading to Zamfara State.
“A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of a total of Nine Hundred and Forty-Two (942) explosives concealed in a sack and the subsequent arrest of a 30-year-old suspect Nura Sani Muhammad (alias Nura Hariji).”
Babafemi added that 3.5 million pills of opioids and 163,000 bottles of codeine syrup with a combined street value of N3.428 billion over three billion were intercepted in Port Harcourt, Rivers state and Lagos state.
He noted: “The bulk of the seizures: 2 million pills of tafrodol 225mg and 163,000 bottles of codeine syrup, was made on Tuesday 29th April 2025 during a joint examination of a watch-listed container by NDLEA officers, men of Customs Service and other security agencies at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers state.
“In Lagos, a total of 1,500,000 pills of a controlled opioid were recovered from a suspect Olarenwaju Wahab at the Alaba-Rago area of Ojo on Tuesday 29th April while the source of the consignment was traced to Q104B Road 25, Victoria Garden City, Lekki, which is the residence of one Obinna Kenneth who is now at large.”
Babafemi revealed that NDLEA operatives at the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos also intercepted 42 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 20kg.
He stressed that the cannabis were concealed in tins of chocolate, milo beverage, white kidney beans and dark red kidney beans packaged as part of cargo that came into the Lagos airport onboard a British Airways flight from Canada.
Babafemi noted that three suspects including the receiver of the consignment, Monsurat Ewawunmi Lawson, have been arrested between Wednesday 30th April and Saturday 3rd May.