Agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have made a record seizure of cocaine worth a street value of $278,250, 000 (about N194.7B) from a warehouse in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
The illicit drug weighing up 1,855kg is the biggest find by the NDLEA in recent times according to the agency’s director of media and advocacy Femi Babafemi. He said some suspects are already in custody. They include Soji Jibril, 69, an indigene of Ibadan, Oyo state, Emmanuel Chukwu, 65, who hails from Ekwulobia, Anambra state, Wasiu Akinade, 53, from Ibadan, Oyo state, Sunday Oguntelure, 53, from Okitipupa, Ondo state, and Kelvin Smith, 42, a native of Kingston, Jamaica.
“They are all members of an international drug syndicate that the Agency has been trailing since 2018,” said Mr. Babafemi
” The seizure was made at number 6 Olukuola crescent, Solebo Estate, Ikorodu, the warehouse was raided on Sunday, September, 18, 2022, while the barons were picked from hotels and their hideouts in different parts of Lagos between Sunday night and Monday, September 19.
“Preliminary investigation reveals the class A drugs were warehoused in the residential estate from where the cartel was trying to sell them to buyers in Europe, Asia and other parts of the world. They were stored in 10 travel bags and 13 drums.”
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