Cocaine weighing 5.9kg worth N74 million has been abandoned by a suspected drug trafficking syndicate.
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The drug was detected by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. The drug which was hidden inside industrial equipment originated from Panama, Central America.
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This came as a suspected drug trafficker excreted 54 wraps of cocaine he ingested in Brazil.
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NDLEA Commander at the Lagos airport, Mr Hamza Umar, said that the cocaine consignment was left unclaimed. "The luggage was imported from Panama. When nobody came forward to claim ownership, we invited other security agencies and carried out a search. It was in the process of the search that the cocaine was discovered inside the industrial equipment.