A combined Special Units of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have recovered four pistols; 197 rounds of 9mm ammunition, 49 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 275 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition, 14 rounds of 9mm ammunition, and sundry military personnel effects as well as some chemicals in kegs.
This followed intelligence gathering leading to a search of a container at the Tincan Port in Lagos.
Also discovered in the containers included: 1, 274 parcels of Cocaine and Colorado with a total weight of 884.09 kilograms.
According to the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Femi Babafemi disclosed the seizures on Sunday saying “Except 32.5kg shipment of Colorado that came in used vehicles from Canada, the rest of the items were found in two of three containers that arrived the Tincan Port from Durban, South Africa.
The items were found onboard a vessel marked MSC RESILIENT III and discharged on New Year’s Eve, 31st December 2023.
A suspect linked to one of the containers, UACU 5348336, bearing the 32.5kg Colorado, 41-year-old Akara Chibugo has already been tracked and arrested by NDLEA operatives.
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