The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has intercepted what it described as the single largest heroin consignment at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State.
The agency also arrested members of an organised criminal organisation that specialises in trafficking heroin across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America in an operation leading to the seizure of the consignment which weighed 51.90Kg on February 12, 2024.
NDLEA Chairman, Buba Marwa, who disclosed this while briefing journalists yesterday in Lagos, said the operation was the single largest seizure of heroin at the airport.
The NDLEA boss said the consignment was concealed in 15 cartons of 2300-watt metal cutting machines.
He noted that there was a parallel between the seizure and the September 18, 2022, seizure of 2,139.5kg cocaine in a warehouse in the Ikorodu area of the State, which he described as the biggest singular cocaine seizure in the history of NDLEA.
According to him, four cartel members linked to the recent seizure were arrested in a follow-up operation conducted by the NDLEA operatives.
