1000 kg Cocaine Seizure at Lagos Port As NDLEA Teams Up With US & UK to Dismantle Cartel

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is working with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) to unravel the cartel behind the importation of 1,000 kilograms of cocaine recovered from a container at the Tincan Island Port in Lagos.

The consignment was discovered in an empty container last weekend, joint examination by Stakeholders confirmed the shipment to be cocaine
As a result of the large quantity of the recovered Class A drug which is worth more than N338 billion in international market and the global dimension to the cocaine cartel,

The NDLEA is currently working with it U.S and U.k counterparts on what is described to be “the largest single seizure of cocaine at the Tincan Port Lagos”, to ensure no stone is left unturned to bring all the masterminds of the consignment to book wherever they are located across the globe.