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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has disclosed it has arrested a 22-year-old National Youth Service Corps member, Arnold Maniru, for al­legedly importing four kilogrammes of drugged candies from the United Kingdom.

The agency’s Director on Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said that the corps member, serving with a govern­ment agency in Abuja, was arrested on Saturday, August 28, following the interception of a consignment at the warehouse of a transport company.

He said that a controlled delivery of the parcel, which contained the candies laced with arizona, a strong variant of cannabis, and some liquid, were subsequently carried out.

Also, operatives attached to couri­er companies in Lagos have intercept­ed 1.2kg of cannabis, concealed inside locally made cookies going to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Babafemi said that 920 grams of cocaine hidden inside synthetic hair heading to Saudi Arabia were also intercepted in Lagos.

“Another 1.08kg cannabis, con­cealed in spray cans and going to Pakistan; and 625 grams of metham­phetamine, hidden in clothing head­ing to Australia, were also seized,” he said.

Across the states, operatives also intensified arrests of traffickers and seizures of illicit drugs. A total of 384.7 kilogrammes of assorted nar­cotics being transported to the na­tion’s capital, Abuja, for sale were in­tercepted and seized at patrol points in Lokoja, Kogi State on Monday, August 30 and Thursday September 2.

Also on Thursday, a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number Lagos MUS 716 XK, coming from Ojota, Lagos to Abuja was stopped and searched at the Lokoja patrol point, where 6kg of Arizona was found sealed in cartons and stuffed in a white sack.