The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted consignments of synthetic cannabis, opioids and other illicit drugs concealed in consolidated cargoes, music speakers and loaves of bread in operations across several states.
The agency said on Sunday that its operatives intercepted two consignments of synthetic cannabis, popularly known as Colorado or Colos, from the United Kingdom, while two other consignments hidden in music speakers were recovered from motor parks in Lagos.
At least seven suspects linked to the seized consignments were arrested during the operations, according to the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi.
At the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, operatives intercepted a UK-bound consolidated cargo containing 27 parcels of Colorado weighing 32.20kg.
Babafemi said a real estate agent, Abideen Jide Salami, was arrested on Wednesday, September 9, after allegedly showing up to collect a large luggage containing the illicit substance using a secret collection code relayed by his brother based in the UK.
He said a follow-up operation linked to another UK consignment led to the arrest of Nurudeen Abiodun Kadiri, 44, who was designated to receive 12.25kg of Colorado.
According to the agency, Kadiri told investigators that the consignment had been sent to him by his brother in the UK.
