NDLEA intercepts meth in cereals packs from South Africa

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a 25.05 kilograms consignment of methamphetamine concealed in packs of assorted breakfast cereals imported from South Africa.

Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, said the drugs were important into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos,” by a 56-year-old trafficker who has lived in South Africa for over two decades under a stolen identity.”

The anti-nacortic agency said it also arrest an American professional basketball player over a 33.95kg shipment of Loud, described as a potent strain of cannabis, imported into Nigeria from Thailand

In another development, the NDLEA said a factory producing illegal firearms was busted in Kaduna and tons of assorted illicit substances were seized in raids across Lagos, Ondo, Delta, Edo and Osun states.

“The meth suspect, Omokan Isaac Babatope, whose real name is Chinedu Onwude, was arrested on Wednesday, at the arrival hall of Terminal II of the Lagos airport upon his return from South Africa.

According to the agency, “a thorough search of his two travelling boxes led to the recovery of twenty-five parcels of a white crystalline substance, which tested positive for methamphetamine with a total weight of 25.05kg.”

The NDLEA said the parcels were ” carefully concealed inside packs of assorted breakfast cereals and cereal-based food products in a bid to beat security screening.”

The 56-year-old suspect holds both Nigerian and South African passports and has been resident in South Africa for over 24 years.

During preliminary interview, he confessed that he adopted the name Omokan Isaac Babatope after using forged documents to gain entry into South Africa and had continued to use that identity ever since.

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