NDLEA Recovers Drugs Worth N4 billion In Aircraft

• Men of the NDLEA have recovered tons of illicit drugs hidden in aircraft.

• The operatives reportedly recovered the drugs in the lavatories of an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have once again stopped an attempted drug trafficking scheme.

Daily Report Nigeria gathers that the operatives recovered tons of drugs consignments which were hidden in the lavatories of an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft.

Confirm the report, the spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, In a statement released on Sunday, November 3, revealed that the drugs are worth ₦4.4 billion.

He added that the discovery was made during the post-landing cleaning of flight ET900 from Addis Ababa to Lagos on October 29, 2024.

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He also stated that the drugs were concealed in nine polythene bags and concealed in the waste collectors in the two rear lavatories of the aircraft, and 30 suspects have been arrested for questioning.

Babafemi said,

“The attempt by members of an international drug syndicate operating between Brazil, Ethiopia, and Nigeria to smuggle into Lagos a total of 845 wraps of cocaine weighing 18.72 kilogrammes has been thwarted, with the consignments recovered by NDLEA operatives at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja.

“The drug consignments, worth ₦4,492,800,000 in street value, were recovered from two lavatories of an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft during the post-landing cleaning of flight ET900 from Addis Ababa to Lagos on Tuesday, October 29, 2024.”