{"id":20474,"date":"2024-11-03T11:59:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T11:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=20474"},"modified":"2024-11-03T11:59:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T11:59:48","slug":"ndlea-thwarts-major-drug-syndicates-attempt-to-smuggle-n4-4-billion-worth-of-cocaine-into-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=20474","title":{"rendered":"NDLEA Thwarts Major Drug Syndicate\u2019s Attempt to Smuggle N4.4 Billion Worth of Cocaine into Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">In a major victory against international drug trafficking, operatives of Nigeria\u2019s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized a staggering 18.72 kilograms of cocaine, valued at over N4.4 billion, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The discovery was made on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa, where the illicit drugs had been carefully concealed in the waste collectors of two lavatories. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Upon arrival, the NDLEA was alerted by the airline\u2019s cleaning staff, leading to a swift response that recovered the drugs before they could reach Nigerian soil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The cocaine, wrapped in polythene bags, was part of a complex smuggling operation linked to an international syndicate with ties between Brazil, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Investigations reveal that drug couriers ingested the cocaine to smuggle it from Brazil to Ethiopia, where it was excreted, repackaged, and prepared for further smuggling into Nigeria. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">NDLEA has since detained and questioned 30 suspects as they work to dismantle this syndicate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">This bust underscores the critical role of international collaboration in counter-narcotics efforts, as well as the NDLEA\u2019s commitment to safeguarding Nigeria from the influx of harmful drugs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major victory against international drug trafficking, operatives of Nigeria\u2019s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized a staggering 18.72 kilograms of cocaine, valued at over N4.4 billion, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[204,138,9304,9306,203,9305],"class_list":["post-20474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cocaine","tag-lagos","tag-major-drug-syndicate","tag-n4-4-billion","tag-ndlea","tag-smuggle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20476,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20474\/revisions\/20476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}