No fewer than five leaders of a trans-border drug cartel operating in different parts of the world have been arrested by the personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA The spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued on Sunday said the suspects were arrested in a special operation that lasted weeks.
Anti-Narcotics Agency, NDLEA Arrests 5 Kingpins Of International Drug Cartel, Seizes Skunk, Meth In NigeriaDifferent quantities of skunk, methamphetamine and ephedrine as well as air compressors used to conceal and distribute them globally were said to have been recovered during the operation.
"The efforts paid off on Saturday 7th January 2023 when Obioma walked into the waiting arms of NDLEA operatives with a bag containing additional air compressors used to conceal 15.7kg skunk and a crystalline substance that later tested positive to methamphetamine after the Agency's sniffer dogs identified compressors with drug concealment.
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