The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 47,200 pills of Captagon, a synthetic amphetamine popularly dubbed the ‘Jihadi drug’, and more than 3.9 million opioid tablets worth over N6.2 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
According to NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, the seizures were made in separate operations at the airport.
Mr Babafemi explained that the Captagon was seized on 22 August after NDLEA operatives arrested a 49-year-old suspected cross-border drug trafficker, Akinbile Kazeem Aikins, who arrived in Lagos from Accra, Ghana, aboard an Africa World Airlines flight.
The NDLEA noted that Mr Aikins’ arrest came after officers searched and found a carton of local bathing soap, popularly known as “Ghana Soap”, that he brought into the country.
In the statement, the narcotics agency stated that the search uncovered 47,200 Captagon pills concealed inside the blocks of soap. The agency put the value of the consignment at more than N1.5 billion.
