The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a commercial bus conveying N3.2 million counterfeit cash owned by an eight-month pregnant woman, Favour Peter; Esther Adukwu and Ochigbo Michael, arrested at Jabi park in Abuja in a follow-up operation on 9th April following the seizure of the fake naira notes in Lokoja, Kogi state.
This is as NDLEA officers, in collaboration with men of the Nigerian Navy Ship Lugard base, Lokoja intercepted 37-year-old Aliyu Lawal along Lokoja-Abuja road on 8th April and recovered 620 blocks of cannabis weighing 310kg from him, while 10 sacks of the same psychoactive substance weighing 98kg were seized along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja express way by NDLEA operatives from Jama Obodo in a commercial bus coming from Ilesha, Osun state enroute Taraba state on 10th April.
In Cross River state, the NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that a 40-year-old widow and mother of two, Mrs Theodora Ita, was on Monday arrested at Bassey Edom, Calabar, by NDLEA operatives for producing and selling a lethal new psychoactive substance (NPS), locally called ‘Combine’, which is a mixture of different strains of cannabis and opioids soaked in raw gin.
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At the time of her arrest, the statement said “18 litres of the dangerous substance in used paint drums were recovered from her. In her statement, she claimed she started the illicit drug production and distribution in October 2023.”
Another suspect, Godwin Okon Samuel, was apprehended at Essit Ebum area of Calabar with 39.4kg of cannabis sativa on 9th April.
While two suspects: Sani Mohammed and Christopher Eze were arrested in the Sabon Gari area of Kano on 9th April with 900,000 pills of opioids recovered from them, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Owerri-Onitsha road, Imo state on Friday, intercepted a logistics truck with registration number JGB 403XB and recovered 230 blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 119kg hidden under household items after a thorough search.
At least, 252 kilograms of cannabis were seized during a raid at Ijesa Isu forest, Ekiti state on Saturday, while four suspects: Adamu Umar, Abdullahi A Gimba Julius Uduakhomu and Micheal Sunday were nabbed loading 40kg of the same substance to the engine compartment of a gas truck at Agho village, Owan East, Edo state.
The statement said, two motorcycles used in conveying the consignment to where the gas truck heading to the North was parked, were also recovered, while in Ogun state, a suspect, Ismaila Ogun was arrested on Friday with 79kg cannabis at Imeko and one, Friday Abah was nabbed with 410kg of the same substance when NDLEA operatives raided Obatedo camp, Itaogbolu forest, Akure North LGA, Ondo state.
