The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,has rounded up a Lagos businessman (names withheld), alleged to be leader of an international drug trafficking organiation.
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have nabbed a popular businessman (names withheld), alleged to be leader of an international drug trafficking organisation.
It was gathered that he is responsible for the recruiting and sponsorship of many drug couriers to China, Malaysia, Turkey and Italy.
Addressing journalists on Wednesday, June 24, the Chairman/Chief Executive, NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, described the arrest as the latest outstanding operational success recorded by the anti-narcotic agency.
He disclosed that surveillance indicated that the suspect shuttled between his country home and Isolo, Lagos State, residence.
Giade said, “He hides under the cover of motorcycle parts business in running a drug cell that has international affiliation.
“He specialises in recruiting and sponsoring drug couriers to China, Malaysia and Turkey. He also pays his couriers an average of $5,000 per trip.
“The suspect has two Nigeria international passports and one Ghanaian passport, all bearing his photographs with different names. Two other passports belonging to suspected drug couriers were also seized in the raid."
The arrest of the 37-year-old suspect reportedly followed the agency’s discovery of three laboratories used for the illegal production of methamphetamine in his home town in Anambra State.