NDLEA intercepts UK-bound N567m value of meth; arrests baron and seals his Lekki mansion (pictures/movies)

Operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company, NDLEA, have intercepted a big consignment of methamphetamine hid in powdered custard containers as a part of a consolidated cargo going to London, United Kingdom on the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos. 

An announcement from Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the anti-narcotic company says the illicit drug consignment weighing 30.10 kilograms with a avenue worth of N567 million was detected and seized by NDLEA operatives on the airport on Tuesday sixteenth Could. 

‘’This was swiftly adopted by collection of follow-up operations that led to the arrest of a freight agent, Nwobodo Chidiebere; a feminine suspect, Chioma Lucy Akuta and finally the drug lord behind the cargo, Charles Chinedu Ezeh, who was arrested at Sotel Suites, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos on Thursday 18th Could. ‘’

Babafemi said that Ezeh claimed he’s a businessman and offers in articles in Onitsha, Anambra State however investigations revealed he lived together with his spouse and youngsters in London till tenth December 2022 when he fled to Nigeria after his involvement in a drug-related offence within the UK.

‘’Although he claimed to have been residing in lodges since his return to Nigeria final December, operatives had been nevertheless in a position to find his mansion at No. 1 Hawawu Abikan Road, Lekki, on Friday nineteenth Could, the place a search was carried out and his journey and property paperwork amongst others had been recovered.”Babafemi stated