National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents have seized a shipment of cannabis, commonly referred to as “Loud,” that was headed for the UK while hidden in a duvet.
In a statement released on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, said that the shipment had been stopped on Tuesday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos.
According to the statement, two suspects connected to the shipment—Adakole Sunday and Austin Balogun—were taken into custody right away when NDLEA officers found them.
The main agent who recruited Adakole, Austin Balogun, stated in his statement that he was paid N700,000 to ship the shipment to the UK, but that he only used a portion of the funds for export handling fees and the majority to pay for an apartment.
Babafemi went on to say that “skuchies” and firearms were found at a hideout that was discovered during a raid in the Ikorodu neighborhood of Lagos.
