The Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted a truck conveying 1,633kg of skunk hid in luggage of rice shafts alongside the Akure-Ilesha Expressway in Ondo State.
The company additionally arrested two suspects, Buba Jamilu, 40, and Sanusi Ibrahim, 30, in reference to the illicit consignment.
This was contained in a short made accessible to Day by day Belief on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA.
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Babafemi stated the operatives intercepted the truck throughout a patrol alongside the expressway and recovered the consignment hid in luggage of rice shafts.
He added that 147kg of skunk was additionally recovered from Ita Ogbolu forest in Akure North Native Authorities Space of the state throughout a raid carried out on Monday, August 3.
In a associated growth, Babafemi stated NDLEA operatives arrested a 30-year-old Italy-based businessman, Joseph Cyril, on the Akanu Ibiam Worldwide Airport, Enugu, for allegedly ingesting 98 wraps of cocaine.
In response to him, Cyril was arrested on Sunday in the course of the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airways flight ET930.
He stated the suspect was subsequently positioned below excretion commentary, throughout which he expelled 98 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.510kg.
Babafemi stated investigations revealed that Cyril arrived in Nigeria from Italy on July 13, 2026, and allegedly ingested the drug at a lodge in Awka, Anambra State, earlier than travelling to Enugu to board his flight to Europe.
In response to the temporary, Cyril stated he had been doing enterprise in Italy for years earlier than agreeing to visitors the consignment for €3,500 to boost cash to relocate to Germany, the place his household relies.
