Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a Qatar-based businessman, Agu Evidence Amobi, and Uchegbu Onyebuchi Obi with consignments of psychoactive substances at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos.
Amobi was arrested on Saturday at the departure point of terminal 2 of the MMIA on his way to Doha, Qatar on a Qatar Airways flight, same day as Obi following the seizure of a consignment of 72,000 pills of tramadol 225mg, which he attempted shipping to Kano on a local flight.
A statement by Spokesman for the Ndlea, Femi Babafemi said
Amobi was caught with 1.30kg cannabis sativa concealed in a bag of foodstuff.
He claimed he bought the substance in Enugu to deliver in Doha to enable him raise enough funds to pay his rents in Doha and Nigeria as well as school fees of his three children.
Mr. Babafemi also said NDLEA operatives at the domestic wing of the airport intercepted
a carton containing a total of 72,000 pills of tramadol 250mg with a gross weight of 38.50kg.
This was closely followed with the arrest of Uchegbu Onyebuchi Obi who brought the consignment to the airport for shipment to Kano.
