The operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) in Lagos State have recovered drug consignments price ₦4.4 billion hidden within the bathrooms of an Ethiopian Airways plane.
Confirming the event on Sunday the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi stated it was found throughout the post-landing cleansing of flight ET900 from Addis Ababa to Lagos on October 29, 2024.
He famous that the medicine have been wrapped in 9 polythene baggage and hid within the waste collectors within the two rear bathrooms of the plane.
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Moreover, he added that a minimum of 30 suspects are being questioned in reference to the medicine uncovered.
“The try by members of a global drug syndicate working between Brazil, Ethiopia, and Nigeria to smuggle into Lagos a complete of 845 wraps of cocaine weighing 18.72 kilograms has been thwarted, with the consignments recovered by NDLEA operatives at Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport, MMIA, Ikeja.
“The drug consignments, price ₦4,492,800,000 in road worth, have been recovered from two bathrooms of an Ethiopian Airways plane throughout the post-landing cleansing of flight ET900 from Addis Ababa to Lagos on Tuesday, October 29, 2024.
The illicit drug consignments have been wrapped in 9 polythene baggage and hid within the waste collectors within the two rear bathrooms of the plane, from the place they have been recovered after the MMIA Strategic Command of the NDLEA was alerted to the unusual objects.
“No fewer than 30 suspects have to date been questioned in reference to the seizure.”
“Investigations revealed that the seized medicine have been transported from Brazil to Ethiopia by ingestion and excreted in Addis Ababa by a bunch of couriers.
“Different traffickers then tried to smuggle them into Nigeria by means of Lagos airport earlier than their plan was thwarted with the cooperation of the airline’s authorities and different airport stakeholders.”
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