Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted illicit drug consignments concealed in different items by some transnational drug trafficking cartels, through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja and courier companies in Lagos.
The operation led to thwarting of fresh attempts to export various quantities of methamphetamine and skunk by the transnational drug trafficking organisations.
Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, yesterday, said: “At the Lagos airport, NDLEA operatives on September 12, intercepted an intending passenger going to Oman, Ugwu Tochukwu, while trying to board a Qatar Airways flight.
“Upon a thorough search of his luggage, 7.50 kilograms of skunk were discovered concealed inside crayfish mixed with dry bitter leaf.
“In the same vein, NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigations attached to some courier companies also intercepted Dubai-bound 2.9 kilograms of skunk and 14 grams of methamphetamine concealed in bags of semovita and soles of ladies’ high heel shoes respectively.
“In Imo State, operatives on patrol on Aba-Owerri expressway on September 13, intercepted five pregnant teenage girls suspected to be victims of child trafficking used as baby factory.
“They were picked up while being relocated from their hideout in Naze area of Owerri to Ikenegbu area of the state capital.
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“The victims include Chioma Emmanuel, 15; Uma Faith, 15; Divine Adimonye, 17; Opara Gift, 15 and Amarachi Mbata, 16. In their statements, they claimed they didn’t know the men who impregnated them.
“The Imo State command of the agency has since been directed to hand them over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, for further investigation.
