The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has detained a 35-year-old lady, Chidinma Chinenye Agbazue, for attempting to export 20 parcels of cannabis sativa weighing 10.70kgs to Doha, Qatar, from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos state.
The substance was concealed in African salad, popularly called Abacha, and dried vegetables.
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The agency’s officers at the Lagos airport working in partnership with men of the Department of State Security had on Thursday 28th March intercepted Chidinma on Qatar Airways during clearance of passengers at the screening point of terminal two of the MMIA.
In a statement yesterday, the spokesman of the NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said a preliminary investigation revealed that Chidinma was based in Qatar but returned to Nigeria last December for the Christmas celebration.
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