Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted five different parcels containing illicit drugs concealed in ladies’ clothes and synthetic hair.

The drug consignments were intercepted by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) on June 5.

A statement by the Agency on Sunday revealed that the drug consignments, seized at a courier firm in Lagos were en route to the United States and United Kingdom.

“Some of the seized drugs include 620 ampoules of pentazocine injection, promethazine and other opioids,” the Agency revealed.

Similarly, the NDLEA in collaboration with the Customs Service and other security agencies
intercepted a consignment of 175,000 bottles of the same opioid imported from India on June 7

The seizures followed intelligence, inciting the Agency to demand that the shipment be stepped down for a total examination

The container, marked HASU 4787890 from India and routed to C to C bonded terminal in Enugu comprised 875 cartons of codeine containing 175,000 bottles and weighing 26,250 kilograms.

Also, on June 8, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kalgo-Birnin Kebbi road, Kebbi State arrested Hassan Mummuni, 32, with 4,000 pills of diazepam and 1.250kg cannabis, concealed in four pesticide tanks.

On the same day, the agency in Gombe state arrested Ibrahim Abubakar, also known as Alhajiji in the Herwagana area of the state with 6,740 pills of tramadol and 20,000 tablets of diazepam.