The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives have intercepted a consignment of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, concealed in a duvet, packaged for export to the United Kingdom through the cargo shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.
The NDLEA said that two suspects—Adakole Sunday and Austin Balogun—were promptly arrested following the discovery by NDLEA officers on Tuesday. Six parcels of the psychoactive substance, with a gross weight of 3.50 kilograms, were concealed inside the duvet.
This was made known in a statement issued on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media & Advocacy at the NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja.
Babafemi disclosed that Austin Balogun, in his statement, claimed he was paid N700,000 to transport the consignment to the UK but spent a fraction of the money on export handling charges and the bulk to pay for an apartment.