One of the exhibits. Photo: NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says its operatives intercepted consignments of cocaine concealed in a local mortar and the false bottom of a backpack meant for shipment to China and Italy through a Lagos logistics company.
This is just as the agency said it arrested four suspects in multiple operations across the country.
The agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed in a statement on Sunday that officers of its Directorate of Operations and General Investigations seized the cocaine on Thursday.
Babafemi noted that 250 grammes of cocaine were factory-fitted into the base of a local mortar packaged for export to China, while another 500 grammes were hidden in the false bottom of a backpack destined for Italy.
