By Kingsley Omonobi
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a 40-foot container loaded with 4,959 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, valued at N12.397 billion in street value at the Apapa Port in Lagos.
The seizure followed more than four weeks of intelligence-led surveillance and was made on Wednesday, June 23, during a joint examination by officers of the NDLEA Apapa Strategic Command, the Nigeria Customs Service, other security agencies and port stakeholders.
According to the agency, the container, which also contained a Ford and a Nissan vehicle, had been under surveillance since April 25, when it departed Toronto, Canada.
The shipment travelled by truck to Montreal, moved by rail before passing through Tanger Med Port in Morocco, where it was loaded onto another vessel on May 23. It arrived at Tin Can Port, Lagos, on June 4, was discharged the following day, and later transferred to Apapa Port, where it was intercepted.
