Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have recovered a consignment of Loud from a male a male Beninese passenger identified as Orobi Adoubi Amen, 30 years on Thursday, July 18, 2024.
This was revealed in a signed statement by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, July 21, 2024.
Amen was intercepted by men of the NDLEA at the Lagos airport, NDLEA operatives attached to Terminal II, Departure Gate of the MMIA, on Thursday.
He was travelling with a bag containing some female native dresses. The suspect was going to Dubai via Accra, Ghana on an Air Peace Airline flight and a connecting flight to Dubai, UAE on Emirates Airline.
A thorough search of the bag revealed eight parcels of Loud weighing 2.10kg were concealed in the ladies’ native wears. The suspect claimed he was given the consignment for a fee of N600,000 on successful delivery in Dubai.