The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested two businessmen, who had been on the run, for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s spokesman,
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has arrestedFemi Babafemi, NDLEA’s spokesman, said one of the suspects, Nnebo Christopher, was wanted for his role in the importation of 40 cartons containing 346,800 pills of co-codamol.
In another development, operatives on patrol on Malumfashi-Zaria Road, in Katsina state, arrested Bukar Haruna, a blind Nigerien, and his Saka, his son, for drug trafficking. He said NDLEA also recovered no less than 2,685.5kg of Indian hemp in four different operations in Edo the last week.
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