The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted a shipment of cocaine concealed in automobile parts at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, leading to the arrest of a freight agent and an auto parts dealer.
According to a statement issued by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA officers discovered the drugs inside a brake servo component. The package contained 48 pellets and a block of cocaine with a combined weight of 2.30 kilograms. The consignment, packed alongside other auto parts, was scheduled for export to Gabon.
The freight agent, Ameh Solomon, who presented the shipment for processing, was taken into custody on the spot. A follow-up operation at the ASMPDA market in the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, resulted in the arrest of an auto parts dealer, Nwafor Tochukwu Boniface.
The agency describes the seizure as part of its ongoing effort to disrupt trafficking networks that use commercial shipments and airport cargo channels to move illicit substances across West and Central Africa.
