NDLEA Destroys N194 Billion Cocaine Seized In Lagos Warehouse

NDLEA – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday destroyed the 1.8 tons of cocaine seized in a Lagos warehouse on September 18.

According to a statement made on Tuesday by the agency’s head, Mohammed Buba Marwa, the Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the burning of the seized pharmaceuticals.

iexclusivenews reports that the NDLEA hailed the 1.8 tons of cocaine worth N194 billion confiscated in a warehouse in Ikorodu as the “largest single cocaine seizure in the history of Nigeria’s premier anti-narcotics agency.”

The NDLEA chairman said that those arrested in connection with the drugs will be witnesses to the procedure and sign the certificate of destruction.

This online news outlet understands that he further assured the public that those arrested will be prosecuted according to the law. Noting that 2,904 drug offenders are currently serving jail terms.

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Mr Marwa said the burning of the drugs was a “message to drug cartels that their investments in the illicit drug trade will go up in smoke as you are about to witness”. 

He added that the agency had “in the past 20 months, arrested and jailed drug offenders have forfeited 249 luxury cars and 600 bank accounts blocked.”

However, iexclusivenews Nigeria reports that Mr Marwa stated that the operation was carried out in collaboration with international partners. Particularly the American Drug Enforcement Administration (US-DEA) and the Nigerian military. Who contributed additional weaponry throughout the operation.