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Drug Trafficking: NDLEA intercepts N9bn worth of opioids, nabs Canadian lady at Lagos Airport

Photo Collage of Canadian Adrienne Munju Arrested with 74 Parcels of Opioids. and on Her Arrival at MMIA, in Lagos, Nigeria Photos: NDLEA

*Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arrest Adrienne Munju, a 41-year-old Canadian lady, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, disclosing how she was recruited to traffic the ‘illegal consignment’ containing 74 parcels of opioids through an online platform for 10,000 Canadian Dollars upon successful delivery of same in Lagos, Nigeria

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

For importing a large consignment of ‘Canadian Loud’, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis into Nigeria, operatives of the West African country’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested Adrienne Munju, a 41-year-old Canadian lady, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, in Lagos State.

The NDLEA revealed operatives of the anti-narcotics regulatory arrested Munju Thursday, October 3, 2024, for importation of the contraband.

Adrienne Munju and her 74 parcels of Opioids in NDLEA custody

Mr. Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy at NDLEA, who disclosed this in a statement issued Sunday, October 6, said the agency apprehended the suspect during the inward clearance of passengers on a KLM airline flight from Canada at the Terminal I of the MMIA, in Lagos.

The statement noted: “During a joint examination of her three bags, Adrienne who was coming to Nigeria for the first time was found with 74 parcels of the illicit substance weighing 35.20 kilograms stuffed in two of her three bags.

“In her statement, she claimed she was recruited to traffic the consignment through an online platform for 10,000 Canadian Dollars upon successful delivery in Lagos.

“She said she took the offer because she needed the money to pay for her ongoing Master’s degree programme in Canada.”

In a related development, Babafemi also said the NDLEA operatives at the Port Harcourt Ports, Onne, in Rivers State, intercepted 13,298,000 pills of opioids including Tramadol, Tramaking Quick Action Tramadol, Tamol-X, Royal Tapentadol and Carisoprodol as well as 338,253 bottles of codeine based cough syrup, all worth over N9,017,771,000 in street value.

According to the agency, the opioids were recovered in three containers coming from India, targeted by the NDLEA during a 100 percent joint examination of the cargoes with men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), and other port stakeholders Wednesday 2nd and Thursday, 3rd October, 2024.

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