The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA ), has arrested two suspected drug kingpins at Port Harcourt International Airport and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, who excreted a total of 125 wraps of heroin.
NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrests in a statement issued on Sunday, revealing that one of the suspects, Onyekwonike Elochuckwu Sylvanus, operates under dual identities to evade detection.
The statement also revealed the interception of 2.82kilograms of Loud, and 12,800 pills of 250mg tramadol in Lagos and Kogi states respectively.
In another operation on February 8, 65 parcels of Colorado (1.6 kg of synthetic cannabis) headed for Jigawa State were recovered from Rufai Hassan, 32, at a checkpoint.
NDLEA, in the statement, vowed to intensify crackdowns on drug syndicates across the country.