Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a consignment of 5.2kg of cannabis sativa and opioids, an illicit drug consignment concealed in the engine compartment of an interstate commercial bus marked VDY 187 XA just as two grandfathers were taken into custody over drug trafficking.
The bus according to a statement from the Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, was arrested along Gbongan – Ibadan road, Osun state by NDLEA officers on stop and search operation on the highway. The bus driver, Iorliam Sughnen Dominic, 35, who took responsibility for the concealment was taken into custody for further investigation.
The NDLEA said they were arrested on Saturday 9th March along with 24-year-old Abubakar Ya’u and Babagana Abubakar Ali, 28, in Maiduguri and Gamboru-Ngala respectively while 32,000 ampoules of tramadol injection were recovered from them. No fewer than eight suspects were arrested on Friday 8th March where NDLEA officers raided the notorious Karu abattoir drug joint in the FCT, Abuja with 51.3kg cannabis recovered from them. Those arrested include Buhari Muhammadu, Jamilu Muhammed, Abubakar Wappa, Yahaya Tasiu, Ezekiel Mulanda, Abba Haruna, Habibu Umar and Shamsu Lawali.
Continuing its War Against Drug Abuse, , the NDLEA undertook a sensitization lecture for 1,320 students of Government Secondary School, Madakiya, Kafanchan Local Government Area, , Kaduna. Students and teachers of Kingdom Heritage School, Badagry, Lagos, students of Comprehensive Secondary School, Bichi, Kano as well as WADA advocacy visit to Ekiti State First Lady, Dr. , Olayemi Oyebanji and her Abia State counterpart, Mrs. Priscilla Otti, were among several outreaches conducted.
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