The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has uncovered fresh attempts by drug traffickers to export cocaine concealed inside a traditional wooden mortar and a specially modified backpack destined for China and Italy.
This was disclosed in a statement released by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi shared on X on Sunday.
According to the Babafemi, one of the consignments involved cocaine hidden inside a traditional wooden mortar, a local tool commonly used for pounding yam and grains, which was being shipped to China.
He wrote, “Mortar is a traditional local wooden tool commonly used for pounding yams or grains but was used to conceal cocaine consignment heading to China in one of the latest seizures by #ndlea_nigeria officers who also discovered another shipment of cocaine going to Italy in the false bottom of a backpack hidden in lace materials.
“Beware of every parcel you’re given to deliver. Remember the key word for liability is possession!”
