NDLEA Don Intercept Drugs Wey Worth N5 Billion, Arrest Businessman Wey Dey Go Italy.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted drug consignments worth more than N5 billion across Lagos and Rivers ports and arrested an Italy-bound businessman with 4.8 kilograms of cocaine hidden in shoes and travel bags

businessman, philip tunde, 38 years old, dem arrest am on september 27 for terminal 2 of muritala muhammad international airport, lagos, as e dey prepare to enter royal air maroc flight wey dey go milan.

ndlea people recover 16 parcels of cocaine wey dem hide inside eight pairs of sneakers and canvas shoes. dem also find 195 wraps of cocaine wey dem hide inside the railings of four travelling bags.

the agency talk say tunde claim say e pay n16 million cash for the cocaine wey dem hide inside the shoes, while the drugs wey dey inside the bags na for one of e business partners for italy.

other drugs wey ndlea seize include canadian loud wey worth more than n3.8 billion for tincan island, thai loud wey worth n372 million for apapa, plus 22 kilograms of loud and 109,600 bottles of cough syrup wey contain codeine for onne port.

ndlea people also destroy 20,234 kilograms of cannabis for 8.09 hectares of farmland for osun state. dem also recover 209,000 tramadol tablets for lagos and 32.2 kilograms of cannabis for edo state.

the agency also arrest idris mohammed kurra, 47 years old, six years after e allegedly jump bail while e dey face trial for federal high court for jos over 198 kilograms of cannabis.

ndlea chairman and chief executive officer, brigadier general mohamed buba marwa (rtd), praise the officers and tell dem make dem continue to use better information and intelligence to fight people wey dey traffic drugs.