Video: Nigerian Authorities Destroy 220K Pounds Of Cannabis, Intercept Cocaine And Opioid Shipments
The Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) destroyed more than 100,000 kg (220,462 lbs) of cannabis in the Ekiti forest. Between During the first week of September, the NDLEA, under the Federal Ministry of Justice also intercepted cannabis, cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids shipments heading to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus. Hidden among ladies’ sanitary napkins and hair beauty products, the NDLEA discovered them at three courier firms in Lagos.
Hair cream containers contained nearly 2 kilograms of cocaine, some heading for Ireland and some for the UK. A total of 525 tramadol and ecstasy pills were heading to Cyprus, while a shipment of 200 ampoules of promethazine injection and pentazocine injection was hidden in food items and herbs heading to …