Crime
NDLEA intercepts 22‘British and French passports hidden in bag of garri’ at MMIA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says 22 international passports were found inside a bag of garri at the Lagos airport.
In a statement issued yesterday by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, the agency said the passports were for six countries.
Babafemi also said the passports were found during a routine search at the airport.
The agency, however, didn’t provide further information on investigation into why the passports were hidden.
“At the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the airport, during their routine cargo search, intercepted a consignment of 22 international passports of six different countries concealed in a bag of garri, among other food items,” the statement reads.
“Nine of the passports were three each of UK, France and Portugal, while the rest were: Nigeria – 8; Ghana – 4 and Cameroon – 1.
“Also at the airport, operatives equally recovered 12 parcels of cannabis weighing 4.95kg concealed in a carton of Golden Morn packaged for export through the SAHCO export shed.”
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