Operatives of the National Drug Regulation Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on the weekend seized 12,385 kilograms of Loud Hashish, a solid variant of the illicit weed imported from a neighbouring nation and smuggled into Lagos thru the waterways.
In keeping with NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, the operatives who had been acting on credible intelligence stayed on guard sparkling that 12, 385 pellets of Loud Hashish had been to be introduced in from the West African nation thru the ocean.
Mr Babafemi infamous that the remedy had been ferried with boats to the Eko Atlantic Sea fling, Victoria Island from where they had been purported to be distributed to drug hotspots equivalent to Island, Peti Alagba, and others in some unspecified time in the future of Lagos and various states.
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“Over 50 narcotic officers stormed the coastline on Saturday 27th November 2021, recovered the consignments alongside with two lengthy trucks, a Toyota Sienna bus, and arrested three suspects. Those arrested consist of Abdulkadri Zakari, 24; Ka’abu Sausu, 45, and Lawrence Adie, 27,” the NDLEA spokesman extra printed.
In the intervening time, a 70-year-outdated lady, Mrs. Beatrice Aigbedion turn out to be among suspects arrested in aspects of Edo in connection with the seizure of over 5,000 kilograms of various illicit remedy in some unspecified time in the future of the converse. After days of surveillance, NDLEA operatives on Wednesday 24th November stormed a warehouse at Uhiere, Ovia North East Native Authorities Topic of the converse, where they recovered a total of 4,261.5kg of Hashish Sativa, and a suspect, Ikong Stanley, turn out to be arrested.
The day gone by Tuesday 23rd Nov, 1,240kg turn out to be equally seized at a warehouse in Uzebba, Owan West LGA of the converse.
On the purpose of her arrest in Irrua excellent Wednesday, 70-year-outdated Mrs. Aigbedion turn out to be caught with various portions of Codeine cough syrup, Swinol, and Rohypnol whereas one other vendor, Joseph Onyemaechi, 50, turn out to be additionally nabbed at Ikpoba Okha, Better Sakponba – Benin City, on Friday with various sorts of psychotropic substances weighing 2.055kg.
Similarly, Gabriel Akioya and Isa Salihu had been arrested on Thursday 25th Nov at Irrua, Esan Central LGA with various portions of Codeine, Tramadol, Swinol, and Rohypnol.
In Delta Deliver, operatives raided Hampton Towers and Spa Hotel, Okpanam toll road, Asaba where Dobedient Etumudor and Thompson Chukwuemeka had been arrested with various portions of psychoactive substances, whereas one other vendor, Emeka Ben turn out to be nabbed with 4.7 grams of Methamphetamine alongside Asaba – Ibusa toll road. Other suspects arrested on Thursday 25th Nov within the converse for dealing in Meth, Hashish, Cocaine, and Heroin consist of Ifeanyi Odibe, Uche Onwurah, and Justice Obika.
Similarly, a drug vendor in Kano, Alhaji Bukar Malan Abdu, turn out to be arrested and 143 kilograms of hashish had been recovered from him whereas 466kg of the identical drug turn out to be seized within the house of one Bashir Shuaibu, an indigene of Edo Deliver nonetheless resident in Kano, who deals in Hashish Sativa.
Reeling out extra bursts by the NDLEA, Mr Babafemi acknowledged that On Thursday 25th Nov, a drug vendor in Maiduguri, Borno converse, Chima Obi turn out to be arrested in a apply-up operation following the seizure of his drug consignment, 73.2kg codeine, at an NDLEA checkpoint in Postiskum, Yobe Deliver identical day.
In his response to the arrests and huge seizures in Lagos, Edo, Delta, Kano, and Yobe states, Chairman/Chief Govt of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), counseled the officers and males taking into account the operations and told them alongside with their compatriots in various commands now to not rest on their oars.
He charged them to consistently try to account higher feats till the drug supply and drug ask reduction targets of the Agency are entirely completed.
