Operatives of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) are interrogating a South Africa-based
evangelist over 165kgs of narcotics drugs seized at the Apapa Seaport,
Lagos.
The 92kgs of methamphetamine and 73kgs
of ephedrine were detected inside two containers of foodstuff meant for
export to South Africa.
The arrest and seizure are a product on
intense undercover operation by the NDLEA. The estimated street value
of the drugs is N1.4 billion.
The drugs were hidden inside packs of
melon concealed in foodstuff and cosmetics such as gari (cassava
flakes), noodles, Knorr and Maggi food seasoning, yam powder, malt
drinks, pepper, milk, herbal hair cream and Golden Morn cereals.
Other items in the container are Damatol
hair cream, bags of melon, kegs of palm oil, beans, biscuits, sardine
and cartons of Orijin Bitters.
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