Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of cocaine to China and Italy, respectively, through a logistics company in Lagos.

This was contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, in Abuja.

Mr Babafemi said that the drugs were concealed in local mortar and the false bottom of a backpack packaged for shipment.

He said that the seizures were made by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigations (DOGI) on Thursday.

This, he said, included 250grams of cocaine factory fitted into the base of a local mortar packed in a carton for export to China.