The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted a cocaine shipment hidden in 20 religious books destined for Saudi Arabia.
The shipment contained 500 grams of cocaine. On the same day, NDLEA seized 2.8 kg of cannabis from the USA and arrested a 22-year-old drug supplier to bandits in Kano. Additionally, NDLEA recovered over 557 kg of skunk, 5.6 kg of methamphetamine, and 29.8 grams of heroin from a warehouse in Bayelsa.
Babafemi said that the suspect was heading to Katsina, had 277 ampoules of pentazocine injection tied to his thigh and private part with cellotape.
“He was intercepted on Sunday, April 13, meanwhile another suspect, Mohammed Abdulaziz, 43, was arrested on the same day at Research Rimin Kebe area of Nasarawa, Kano with 68 blocks of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 30kg,”he said.
