The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Lagos State command has intercepted 101 bags of suspected cannabis sativa.
The hard drugs worth N64 million were seized on the high sea close to Ibeshe waters.
NSCDC Lagos Commandant, Okoro Eweka, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Lagos on Friday.
He said; “On sighting the NSCDC gunboat, the occupants screamed and dived into the sea.’’
“Our team did not want to shoot but drove the boat to the defence jetty in Ijora at 11a.m.”
“This Ghana species intoxicates highly and this is the reason they refer to it as ‘loud’ in local parlance.”
The commandant said the cannabis came into Nigeria from Ghana, as evidenced by the packing “in pawpaw and bible shape”.
Eweka also appealed to the Ghanaian government to discourage its nationals from flooding Nigeria with hard drugs.
He noted that the corps will work harder to ensure that the inflow of drugs from neighbouring Countries is stopped.
The commandant said the seized cannabis sativa will be handed over to the anti-narcotics agency.