N2.3 billion worth of drugs recovered – NDLEA

by Rachel Ogbu

.Photo:channelstv
.Photo:channelstv

41 suspected drug traffickers in total have been arrested this year at Murtala Mohammad International Airport , Lagos, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)  has said in a statement.

Spokesman for NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju on Monday,said the agency added that it recovered drugs valued at N2.3 billion.

“We have apprehended 41 suspected drug traffickers with 253.390kg of narcotics with an estimated street value of N2.3 billion. The drugs were intercepted between January and June 2013.

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“Those arrested include 39 males and 2 females,’’ the agency said.

“ The command also won 53 cases most of which were charged to court in 2012.

“In the first half of the year, the airport command successfully seized 253.390kg of various illegal drugs. Methamphetamine alone weighed 169.290kg. This was followed by cannabis with 47.230kg.

“Cocaine is 31.475kg and heroin 5.395kg. The 53 drug traffickers convicted include ongoing 2012 cases,” the statement added.

According to reports, the successes recorded were as a result of incentives and motivation for officers, ranging from promotion, commendation letters and cash rewards. The agency said that three Bolivians and a Colombian were among persons arrested over suspicion of running illicit drug laboratories.

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