NDLEA Officers Makes Its Largest Cocaine Seizure Of 21.9Kg In Abuja Airport

 

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) on Monday declared that it has made its biggest cocaine seizure till date after it blocked 21.9kg of cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. 

This was contained in an articulation endorsed by the NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Kabir Tsakuwa, and the office's Spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema. 

The two officials said the substance was disguised in two unclaimed suite cases found after the appearance of Ethiopian Airline, ET 910 in Abuja from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

As indicated by the assertion, watchful officials of the Command got dubious after seeing that the two portfolios were deserted on the transport line with no traveler guaranteeing them during the internal freedom of the flight. 

Tsakuwa, the air terminal administrator at that point guided the officials to watch out for the bags and educated the Airline and its controllers regarding NDLEA's advantage in the gear. 

Days after the baggage were not guaranteed, Tsakuwa said they officially reached the station Manager of Ethiopian Airline and the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO Aviance) showing the doubt of the office on the bags. 

"I put in a standing request that NDLEA ought to be welcomed before the gear would be delivered to the proprietor or if the baggage would be gotten back to the point of embarkation. 

"After numerous long stretches of no case by the proprietors, we educated the Airline on the requirement for an inquiry to be led on the unclaimed bags. 

"The Airline authorities, including the things overseer alongside the Department of State Services, Aviation Security and Nigeria Customs Service were welcome to NDLEA Office where the hunt was directed. 

In the principal bag, three covers were discovered of which two contained bundle of straightforward nylon which housed whitish substances suspected to be hard medications. 

Field test on the substance demonstrated positive for cocaine and weighed 10.750kg. 

"The second unclaimed bag contained 22 bundle shirts, one package of medication was disguised in every one of the shirts and covered with a blue carbon paper containing a straightforward nylon. 

"The substance was likewise field-verified positive for cocaine and weighed 11.150KG. The subsequent bag had a things tag with a name Nze Lusaka U. The medication held onto made a sum of 21.9kg," he said. 

The order said examination was all the while continuous and the Command was liaising with Ethiopian Airline to get more data to disentangle the personality of the dispatches.