No fewer than 15 drug dealers, including a woman in a wheelchair, were arrested during a week-long raid by operatives of the NDLEA
No fewer than 15 drug dealers, including a woman in a wheelchair, were arrested during a week-long raid by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , across seven states in Nigeria.
The raid, aimed at mopping up illicit drugs in the affected states, followed intelligence. It is part of ongoing offensive action ordered by the Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa against drug cartels across the country.
This was preceded by a raid carried out by operatives of the Ondo State command at Egbeta community, a border town between Ondo and Edo states, where a total of 6,332kilogrammes of cannabis sativa were recovered and two suspects; Emeka Ossai and Raphael Henry arrested.In Akwa Ibom State, raids in parts of the state led to the recovery of 64.903kg illicit drugs including 1. 2031kg crack cocaine from a 26-year-old Nwoye Ogbonna Solomon, the biggest cocaine seizure in the history of the state.
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