By IBIRONKE ARIYO

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a Chinese businessman and an 80-year-old grandma, for drug trafficking.

This is contained in a statement by Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja.

Babafemi said that both suspects top the list of arrests made by operatives of the NDLEA in nationwide interdiction operations.

This he said led to the seizure of consignments of Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis hidden in moimoi sachets and Canadian Loud, another strong strain of cannabis concealed in canned food items imported from Canada.

Babafemi said that the Chinese suspect was arrested by NDLEA operatives at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos on Friday, July 25 based on actionable intelligence.

He said that the suspect, who arrived Nigeria from Bangkok via Dubai, UAE, on Emirates Airline flight, was a Chinese national, naturalised and based in Malaysia.

He added that he flew to Thailand where he picked two suitcases filled with 50 parcels of Loud weighing 26.10kg before heading to Nigeria via UAE.

?Upon his arrival at the Lagos airport, NDLEA operatives who were tracking his movement from his port of departure allowed him to pass through necessary protocols before picking him up on his way out of the airport.

?The octogenarian grandma was arrested at Edet-Nsa street, Base Site, Calabar South, Cross River state with over 3kg skunk in the early hours of Saturday, July 26.

?This followed intelligence on her drug dealing activities,? he said.

In Lagos, NDLEA operatives on Wednesday, July 23 intercepted a suspect along Epe ? Ajah expressway while taking consignments of 21.7kg Colorado.

Babafemi said that some of the drugs were packaged in moimoi cooking sachets.

He said that the NDLEA operatives also recovered from him 3.8litres of codeine based syrup in a commercial bus to deliver in Warri and Oghara, Delta state.

Babafemi said that NDLEA also recovered a total of 101kg Canadian Loud factory packed in 202 tins of imported food item labelled ?Bean Salad Mix? at the Apapa seaport in Lagos.

He said that the drugs were concealed in two Toyota Sienna buses in a container that came from Canada.

?The discovery was made during a joint examination of the container by NDLEA officers, men of Customs Service and other security agencies on Friday, July 25,? he said.

The War Against Drug Abuse, (WADA), social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands equally continued across the country in the past week.

?Some of them include: WADA sensitisation lecture delivered to students and staff of Komu/Babaode High School, Babaode, Itesiwaju LGA, Oyo state; Beacon Christian Academy, Ngodo, Afikpo LGA, Ebonyi.

?Others include Government Day Secondary School, Araba, Illela, Sokoto; and Government Junior College, Agege, Lagos.

?The Anambra state command of NDLEA paid WADA advocacy visits to the traditional rulers of Awka community, Obi Gibson Nwosu, Ezeuzu 11 and Ukpo community, Igwe Robert Eze, Okofia VI, among others,? the statement added. (NAN)

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