NDLEA intercepts China, Italy-bound cocaine concealed in mortar, backpack

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted consignments of cocaine concealed in a local mortar and the false bottom of a backpack intended for shipment to China and Italy through a logistics company in Lagos.
The agency also arrested a suspected notorious drug dealer in Rivers State and a suspected supplier of illicit drugs to bandits in Zamfara State during separate operations.
The Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
According to him, operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigations, DOGI, made the seizures on Thursday.
He said officers recovered 250 grams of...