OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a 41-year-old Canadian, Adrienne Munju, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, for importing Canadian Loud.
According to media reports, she was apprehended during inward clearance from a KLM flight from Canada on October 3, 2024. A search of her luggage revealed 74 parcels of the drug, weighing 35.20kg, hidden in two of her three bags.
Adrienne confessed she was recruited online to deliver the drugs to Lagos for CAD 10,000, which she planned to use for her master’s degree tuition in Canada.
Similarly, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Port Harcourt Ports, Onne, Rivers State, have intercepted over 13 million pills of opioids, including Tramadol, Tramaking, Tamol-X, Royal Tapentadol, and Carisoprodol, along with more than 338,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup.
The drugs, valued at over N9 billion, were discovered in three containers arriving from India during a joint examination with Nigerian Customs and other port officials on October 2 and 3, 2024.
NDLEA Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi stated, “The opioids were recovered during a 100% examination of the cargoes with Customs and other stakeholders.”
In addition to these operations, NDLEA commands nationwide continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) campaign with sensitisation programmes in schools, religious centres, workplaces, and communities. Activities included lectures at Government Science Secondary School, Katsina; Akanu Ibiam Memorial Seminary School, Ebonyi; and Dominion Secondary School, Akwa Ibom, among others.
NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended the officers involved in these successful operations and acknowledged their efforts in balancing drug supply reduction and demand reduction initiatives across the country.