Nigeria, Sept. 6 -- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a convicted cocaine trafficker, who allegedly disguised himself as a herbal tea merchant, in a coordinated operation across the country.

Mr Femi Babafemi, NDLEA's Director, Media and Advocacy, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, saying the suspect was behind the shipment of cocaine to Saudi Arabia through Lagos.

Babafemi said that the arrests followed the interception of a 1.2kg cocaine consignment concealed in phone chargers and destined for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at a courier company in Lagos on July 31.

He said that operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) in NDLEA successfully tracked the...