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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended Adrienne Munju, a 41-year-old Canadian woman, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja in Lagos.
On Thursday, October 3, she was arrested for importing a huge shipment of ‘Canadian Loud’, a potent synthetic cannabis strain.
Femi Babafemi, an NDLEA spokesperson, reported the arrest in a statement on Sunday, saying the suspect was detained during the inward clearance of passengers on a KLM airline aircraft from Canada at Lagos International Airport’s Terminal 1.
“During a joint examination of her three bags, Adrienne who was coming to Nigeria for the first time was found with 74 parcels of the illicit substance weighing 35.20 kilograms stuffed in two of her three bags,” he said.
“In her statement, she claimed she was recruited to traffic the consignment through an online platform for 10,000 Canadian dollars upon successful delivery in Lagos. She said she took the offer because she needed the money to pay for her ongoing master’s degree programme in Canada.”
NDLEA agents at the Port Harcourt Ports, Onne, Rivers State, seized 13,298,000 opioid pills in various operations. These pills included Tamol-X, Royal Tapentadol, Carisoprodol, Tramadol, and Tramaking Quick Action Tramadol. They also seized 338,253 bottles of cough syrup containing codeine, with a street value of over ₦9,017,771,000.
On October 2 and 3, 2024, the NDLEA, along with representatives from Nigerian Customs and other port stakeholders, conducted a 100% joint assessment of three containers that originated from India and contained opiates.