Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a pregnant woman, nursing mother, a 200-level university student and 26 others with 9,437.6 kilogrammes of Cannabis ...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , have arrested a pregnant woman, nursing mother, a 200-level university student and 26 others with 9,437.6 kilogrammes of Cannabis sativa and 138,053 tablets of pharmaceutical opioids, among other illicit drugs.
NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, yesterday, said a total of 510 jumbo bags of the illicit substance weighing 5, 640kgs were recovered from the store and a nursing mother in charge, Sa’adatu Abdullahi, 35, was arrested. Babafemi said about 50 bags of Cannabis sativa weighing 623kgs were also recovered at Ekpom, a village in Igueben Local Council with the arrest of the owner, Lucky Henry, 30, while another suspect, Ndidi Esegine, 52, was nabbed at Ugbodo forest, Ovia North East Local Council with 266.8kgs of Cannabis sativa on Tuesday, October 11.
“In Akwa Ibom State, attempt by a trans-border trafficker, Edet Osu James, 44, to export 2.4kgs cocaine concealed in two large tins of powdered milk to Cameroon was foiled by officers of the Marine unit of the Agency on Thursday, October 13 during an outward clearance of vessels going to Cameroon from Oron.
“In Jigawa State, operatives recovered 67,300 pills of exol-5 and tramadol at Dansure/Roni junction while in Kogi State, a total of 46,100 pills of the same opioids were seized along Okene-Abuja highway both on Thursday, October 13. At least, six suspects were arrested at a notorious drug location in Ngurore town, Adamawa State, with a total of 495kgs cannabis seized in addition to different quantities of opioids.
MEANWHILE, a 200-level student of Mass Communication at National Open University of Nigeria , Ms. Mercy Nyong, 30, was on Wednesday, October 12 arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport , Ikeja Lagos, for attempting to export 300grams of tramadol 225mg concealed in incense products going to Dubai, United Arab Emirate .
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