The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two Pakistani businessmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos with eight kilogrammes of cocaine.
NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi said that the drugs were concealed in a public address system in which the suspects were attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to Lahole, Pakistan via Doha.
He said that the two suspects, Asif Muhammed and Hussain Naveed, who has a Nigerian residence permits suspected to be fake, were frequent travellers to Nigeria under the guise of doing textile business.
According to him, they were arrested on Saturday at the Lagos airport, barely a week after they came to Nigeria.
NDLEA operatives also on Friday seized 13 cartons of tramadol 225mg and 200mg, imported from Karachi, Pakistan, at the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO) import shed at the airport.
Babafemi said the consignment has a weight of 465.10kg and 642,800 pills of the pharmaceutical opioid.
“The previous day, Thursday, operatives at the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc ( NAHCO) export shed of the airport also intercepted a consignment of different illicit drugs.
“This included cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine as well as tramadol 225mg and rohyphnol concealed in footwears and soap packs going to Dubai.
“A 32-year old Oladitan Serah Olufunmilayo, who presented the consignment for export, was arrested”, the NDLEA spokesman said.
