Auto parts dealer, businesswoman arrested over UK-bound opioids, cocaine in custard

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Auto parts dealer, businesswoman arrested over UK-bound opioids, cocaine in custard

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has announced the arrest of an Ibadan, Oyo State-based businesswoman, Mrs Adewunmi Adebola Dorcas and an auto parts dealer, Arinze Ora over attempted to export consignments of opioids and cocaine to London, United Kingdom and Congo Brazzaville, respectively.

NDLEA said its officers at the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Friday 6th September 2024, intercepted a cargo going to the United Kingdom.

It said 924 bottles of codeine-based syrup weighing 135.70kg and 5,250 tablets of Rohypnol were hidden in cartons of foodstuffs after a thorough search of the consignment by the agency.

This was announced by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA, Headquarters, Abuja, on Sunday.

Babafemi said the freight agent, Owojori Olanrewaju Sunday who presented the cargo for export was promptly arrested, adding that further investigation led to the arrest of another suspect, Adewunmi Akeem Temitope, who claimed that his mother, 58-year-old Mrs Adewunmi Adebola Dorcas sent the consignment to him from Ibadan to deliver to the agent.