The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized a total of 8,268.23 kilograms of illicit drugs, including cocaine, heroin, tramadol, methamphetamine and skunk, in weeklong coordinated raids across seven states.
The seizures were made in Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, Enugu, Bauchi, Edo and Anambra states and 15 suspected drug dealers, including a woman on a wheelchair, were arrested during the operations.
He said, “The raids, aimed at mopping up illicit drugs in the affected states, followed intelligence and as part of the ongoing offensive action ordered by the Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa , against all drug cartels across the country. “The previous day, men of the Nigerian Army intercepted 1,025kg of cannabis in a Toyota Sequoia SUV with number plate FST 169 BW and a Toyota Sienna with number plate APP 918 FA at a checkpoint in Isua Akoko, where two fake police officers, Stephen Sunday and Eze Ezenwa, were also arrested with 575kg of cannabis being conveyed in a Sienna vehicle with a fake police number plate, NPF 1651D.”
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