Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a consignment of cocaine hidden inside prayer beads and locally made shoes.
According to the agency, the suspects were apprehended while attempting to smuggle the illegal drugs to the Holy Land.
NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, posted images of the confiscated items on Facebook on Sunday.
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Captioning the pictures, he wrote, “Narco-trend update: In this holy month when people are consecrating themselves and making supplications to their God, some persons were preoccupied with concealing cocaine in prayer beads and locally made shoes to desecrate the precincts of the holy land in the holy month.
“They were, however, intercepted by #ndlea_nigeria officers as shown by the attached pictures.”
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