In a major bust, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a 42-year-old Indian lady, Ms. Neetu, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport with 72 parcels of heroin factory-sealed in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates.

The class A drug consignment weighed a total of 11 kilograms and was recovered from Neetu’s luggage after a thorough search, following credible intelligence.

This arrest highlights the growing attempt by drug trafficking organizations to hire foreign nationals to move illicit drugs through Nigerian borders.

However, NDLEA operatives have consistently thwarted these efforts using modern technological tools and proactive intelligence, according to Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd).

In another operation in Kano, NDLEA officers arrested a 45-year-old suspect, Michael Ogundele, with a 50-litre steel gas cylinder containing 50,000 pills of trammadol.