Nigeria’s Narcotics Enforcement Agency seized a record 1.8 tons of cocaine worth US$278 million (€277.3 million) from a warehouse in Lagos, the largest seizure in the country.
Five people have been detained, Nigeria’s National Drug Enforcement Agency said on Monday, adding that they are alleged members of an international drug trafficking ring that has been under investigation since 2018.
The agency said the drugs were discovered at an isolated site in the Ikorodu area of Lagos on Sunday, at a time when “the cartel was trying to sell them to buyers in Europe, Asia and other parts of the world.” the takeover as “a historic blow to the drug cartels and a strong warning that they will all fall unless they realize the game has changed.”