The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a social media-based drug distribution network packaging illicit substances as imported Christmas cookies and snacks in Lagos.
Two masterminds, Deji Adesanya and Olubiyi Majekodunmi, were arrested in Lekki, Lagos, with a large quantity of designer sachets and 5kg of Loud recovered
NDLEA also arrested one Philip Ucheka in Ladipo, Mushin, with 110 pouches of Canadian Loud (55.6kg) and three delivery vehicles seized
Also _Wasiu Kareem_, 55, arrested in Oyo State with 8,000 ampoules of pentazocine, 590 bottles of codeine syrup, 1,500 Co-codamol pills, and 9,900 tramadol capsules.
Other items are 100 grams of Loud concealed in a teddy bear imported from Thailand intercepted at a Lagos courier company,548 capsules of tramadol hidden in Vitamin C and Magnesium bottles bound for the UK seized from a logistics firm
The NDLEA continues to combat drug abuse and trafficking, urging citizens to report suspicious activities
