Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 48-year-old one-legged man, Amadu Garba, at his house in Yawuri town, Kebbi State, with six bags of cannabis weighing 67 kg.
The arrest was made on July 16th.
On the same day, NDLEA operatives intercepted a male Beninese passenger, Orobi Adoubi Amen, at the Lagos airport.
The suspect, travelling to Dubai via Accra, Ghana, on an Air Peace Airline flight and a connecting Emirates Airline flight to Dubai, was found with eight parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 2.10 kg.
The parcels were concealed in ladies’ native dresses within his bag. Amen claimed he was given the consignment for a fee of N600,000 upon successful delivery in Dubai.
In another operation, NDLEA thwarted attempts by drug syndicates to smuggle consignments of cocaine and Loud into and out of Nigeria through the Lagos International Airport and some courier firms in Lagos.
A businessman, Abdulwahab Owolabi Alebiosu, was arrested on July 18th at his residence in Horizon Court, Lekki, Lagos, after a consignment of 40 parcels of Loud weighing 20.30 kilogrammes was intercepted at the SAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport.
The consignment, hidden in packs of chessboards, scrabble, checkers, and poker sets, was brought in from Canada on a British Airways flight.
A search of Alebiosu’s home led to the recovery of additional exhibits, including drug paraphernalia such as a weighing scale and a cannabis potency test kit.
Four vaping machines were also recovered from his business premises on Admiralty Way, Lekki. Additionally, a Mikano black truck with registration number FST 657 HP was recovered from his house.
Furthermore, NDLEA operatives at the NAHCO export shed at Lagos Airport intercepted two jumbo bags bound for Pakistan on Friday.
The bags contained dried hibiscus leaves, dried bitter leaves, and other food items, used to conceal four parcels of cocaine and 14 parcels of Loud, both weighing 1.360 kg.
Subsequent investigations led to the arrest of a businesswoman, Eze Queen Ogechi, who claimed she was sending the illicit consignment to Pakistan on the instructions of her brother, Eze Nnamdi Promise, based in South Asia.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi, provided these updates in a statement on Sunday. NDLEA operatives have reported multiple arrests and drug seizures across various locations in Nigeria.
Babafemi disclosed that on July 14th, during a 100% search of a container marked MSDU 5656394 from Canada at Tincan Port in Lagos, 4.5 kg of a psychoactive substance was recovered from the door panels and boot of an imported Toyota RAV 4 vehicle.
Two suspects, Dada Kole and Alaba Oladewusi, were arrested in connection with this seizure.
In Abuja, two suspects, 60-year-old Ademola Elusakin and 34-year-old Nuhu Friday Adamu, were arrested on July 15th with 30.0 kg of the same substance along the Kwali-Gwagwalada-Abuja expressway.
They were travelling from Lagos to Nasarawa State. Elusakin claimed he procured the consignment from Ghana via Lagos and intended to supply it to illegal miners in Nasarawa State.
In Plateau state, a raid on the storehouse of a notorious drug dealer, Choji Gyang (aka Pararam), who is currently at large, led to the recovery of 34 bags of cannabis weighing 312 kg. The dealer’s manager, Kelvin Onwutalu, was arrested.
In Osogbo, Osun State, two suspects, Ifabiyi Johnson and Adeleke Musiliu, were arrested on Friday with different strains of cannabis sativa weighing 30.4 kg during a raid.
Acting on credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives, backed by soldiers, raided a mechanic workshop opposite Benin Garage, Akure, Ondo State, and recovered a white Toyota Hilux Van with registration number EE 328 EKY loaded with 652 parcels of cannabis weighing 685 kg.
In Nasarawa State, 38 kg of the same substance and a locally made AK-47 rifle were recovered from the home of a suspect, Christopher Ombugadu, in Akwanga during a raid on July 14th.
Additionally, NDLEA Commands and formations across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization activities in schools, worship centres, workplaces, and communities over the past week.
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