NDLEA INTERCEPTS LOUD SHIPMENTS FROM CANADA IN LAGOS
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it intercepted 532 packets of Loud, a synthetic strain of Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp), at the Tincan Seaport in Lagos State.
Mr Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, made the announcement on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi stated that the drugs, weighing 265.25 kilogrammes, were discovered inside a black Toyota Sienna bus on Wednesday, August 7.
He said that the bus was one of the three vehicles in a container marked MSMU 6029570 coming from Montreal, Canada.
“The seizure was made during a 100 per cent joint examination with men of Customs Service and other stakeholders.
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“The following day, Thursday, the operatives recorded yet another seizure of 75 parcels of the same substance weighing 37.5kg in a container marked FSCU-9274613, that came from Canada,”he said.
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