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VIDEO: Auto parts dealer arrested over heroin, loud shipments concealed in lamps, sofa legs
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an automobile spare parts dealer Ejiofor Nnaemeka Chiwuzie, over attempt to export consignments of heroin and loud, a strain of cannabis, concealed in LED rechargeable lamps and sofa metal legs through the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos.
Ejiofor was arrested on Tuesday 24th September 2024 at the Trade Fair complex, Ojo area of Lagos where he sells automobile spare parts following the seizure of his cargo containing auto parts, rechargeable lamps, sofa metal legs and electronics going to Liberia at the export shed of the Lagos airport.
A statement on Sunday from the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, stated that 37 parcels of heroin weighing 1.10 kilograms and four blocks of loud with a total weight of 1.20kg were concealed inside the LED lamps and sofa legs.
“A swift follow up operation led to the arrest of two freight agents and then Ejiofor who sent the consignment,” Babafemi stated.
