By Gom Mirian
Nigeria’s Drug Law Enforcement Agency,(NDLEA) has arrested a 34-year-old South American man from Suriname, Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, importing 117 parcels of cocaine into the country.
The suspect who was arrested at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, concealed the consignments in extra-large latex condoms factory packed inside bottles of 100ml body spray.
A statement issued by the agency’s spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said the suspect claimed he departed his country, Suriname, located on the North Eastern coast of South America on 2nd April for Sao Paulo, Brazil and from Sao Paulo to Nigeria on Friday 7th April 2023 on board a Qatar Airways flight in search of his long-lost Nigerian father whom he called “Omini.”.
Also, NDLEA operatives at Tincan seaport in Lagos have intercepted 110 parcels of Colorado, a strain of cannabis, weighing 55kg hidden in a container marked MSCU 4972769 from Toronto via Montreal, Canada.
Mr Babafemi explained that the illicit consignment was discovered in the container bearing five units of used vehicles, during a joint examination of the cargo by NDLEA and other port stakeholders.
He said the seizure was part of a total of 1,559.3 kilograms (1.5 tons) of the psychoactive substance seized during interdiction operations in five states in the past week.
“While two suspects: Nura Ibrahim, 40, and Habibu Sadiq, 38, were arrested with 120 blocks of cannabis weighing 148.7kg along Zaria-Kano road, Kano on Sunday 2nd April, not less than 418.5kg of the same substance and a Sienna space bus used in conveying it were recovered on Thursday 6th April at a notorious drug hub, Patey, Lagos Island.
“A suspect, Azi Solomon was arrested the same day at the Ojota garage while attempting to move 23kg of cannabis to another state.
“Similarly, two suspects: Abubakar Abdulahi and Stanley Tobias were arrested on Friday 7th April with 108,000 tablets of tramadol at Oyingbo motor park in Lagos mainland”.
