Dockworkers, 10 others arrested over seized drugs in Colorado.

Consignments of a variant of cannabis, Colorado concealed in vehicles imported from Montreal, Canada and packs of cannabis juice flown in from South Africa, meant for distribution ahead of the Christmas season, have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Spokesman of the Agency, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement yesterday that the drugs were intercepted at the Tincan seaport, Apapa and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja,  Lagos State.

He said at least 12 suspects including two dock workers and a wine shop owner have been arrested in connection with the two seizures.

The NDLEA also recovered 152kg of skunk from two dealers in Kano; 100,000 pills of Tramadol in Imo State and 520kg of cannabis hidden in soft drinks crates loaded in a truck coming to Abuja.

The statement reads, “At the SAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport, the search of a consolidated cargo from South Africa led to the discovery of smuggled bottled Cannabis juice with a gross weight of 16.50kg on Wednesday 21st December. Investigations by anti-narcotics officers subsequently led to the arrest of four freight agents, whose statements eventually led to the arrest of the consignee, a wine shop business owner the following day Thursday 22nd Dec.

(Nation)