Nigeria's anti-drug agency the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has seized a record 1.8 tons of cocaine evaluated to be worth over $278 million in what appears to be the biggest drug bust ever in the history of the country.
NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Monday revealed that the drugs were discovered on Sunday in a warehouse in the Ikorodu area, northeast of Lagos.
The drugs were stored in 10 travel bags and 13 drums.
According to the agency the warehouse manager, four drug barons and one other profiled as a Jamaican were arrested in connection with the drugs.
Babafemi says the burst was well coordinated and intelligence led operation.
Drug seizures have been rising in West Africa in the last year, indicating that traffickers have made the continent a hub to move their illegal products between South America and Europe.
