Attempts by a female passenger, Obehi Isesele, and one Emmanuel Omebere to export illicit drugs to Europe through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, have been thwarted by narcotic officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.

The agency said the suspects were arrested before they boarded their flights.

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement said, Isesele was nabbed on Saturday, September 11, 2021, during outward clearance of an Ethiopian airline flight at Gate B, Departure Hall, of the Lagos airport on her way to Milan, Italy, with 312 sachets of Tramadol, weighing 1.5 kilogrammes, concealed in crayfish and dried vegetables,

Omebere on his part was caught with 137.45 grams of the same drug concealed in foodstuffs at the Abuja airport during outward clearance of a Turkish airline flight to Istanbul, Turkey.”

According to him, efforts by traffickers to export varying sizes of consignments containing cocaine, heroin and other illicit drugs through courier firms were also reportedly foiled.