Five Members of International Drug Syndicate Arrested by NDLEA with Seizure of Loud Consignments
An international drug syndicate with connections in Nigeria, South Africa, and Thailand has been dismantled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The agency revealed that they apprehended five members of the syndicate during intelligence-led operations spanning two weeks across Lagos, Abia, and Anambra states. The arrests were made following the interception of illicit drug shipments at the NAHCO import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos.
The crackdown on the drug cartel commenced on Sunday, April 20, when four large suitcases arrived at the NAHCO shed via an Air Peace flight from Johannesburg, South Africa. The first arrest was made on Wednesday, April 24, when Umeh Chisom Peter showed up to collect two of the suitc...