Nigeria’s Drug Law Enforcement Agency intercepted about 649,300 capsules of Tramadol 225mg and 809,850 Euros in cash among the consignments from Pakistan, Austria and Italy at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The Spokesman of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, says that on the same day, a female passenger, Miss Ayeki Happy, who arrived at the airport from Italy on a Turkish Airlines flight was arrested with 69,850 Euros in cash concealed in her luggage.
He noted that both cash seizures are currently under investigation to establish if they were proceeds of the drug business.