The
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at Murtala Muhammed International Airport,
Lagos on Monday said it arrested 41 suspected drug traffickers in the first
half of 2013.
NDLEA
said in a statement issued by its spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju, in Lagos that it
recovered drugs valued at N2.3 billion.
It
said, "We have apprehended 41 suspected drug traffickers with 253.390kg of
narcotics with an estimated street value of N2.3 billion.
The
drugs were intercepted between January and June 2013. Those arrested include 39
males and two females.
"The
command also won 53 cases most of which were charged to court in 2012. In the
first half of the year, the airport command successfully seized 253.390kg of
various illegal drugs.
"Methamphetamine
alone weighed 169.290kg. This was followed by cannabis with 47.230kg. Cocaine
is 31.475kg and heroin 5.395kg.
The
53 drug traffickers convicted include ongoing 2012 cases."
The
agency said that the successes recorded were as a result of incentives and motivation
for officers, ranging from promotion, commendation letters and cash rewards.
The
agency said that three Bolivians and a Colombian were among persons arrested on
suspicion of running illicit drug laboratories.
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