NDLEA Arrests Man With Physical Disability, Beninese, Others For Drug Trafficking; Intercepts Drugs Destined For Nasarawa Illegal Miners
NDLEA’s Director of Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said the victim was arrested on July 14, in his house at Yawuri town, Kebbi State.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 48-year-old man with a physical disability identified as Amadu Garba for being in possession of six bags of cannabis weighing 67kg.
NDLEA’s Director of Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said the victim was arrested on July 14, in his house at Yawuri town, Kebbi State.
Babafemi said that 60-year-old Ademola Elusakin and 34-year-old Nuhu Friday Adamu were also arrested with 30.0kg of psychoactive substance along Kwali-Gwagwalada-Abuja expressway on their way from Lagos to Nasarawa state.
Upon interrogation, Elusakin claimed he procured the consignment from Ghana via Lagos with Keffi, Nasarawa state as his final destination, “where they were to supply illegal miners operating in the area”.
Babafemi revealed that their operatives attached to Terminal II, Departure Gate of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, on Thursday, July 18, 2024 intercepted a male Beninese passenger identified as Orobi Adoubi Amen, who was travelling with a bag containing some female native dresses.
According to the statement, the suspect was going to Dubai via Accra, Ghana on an Air Peace Airline flight and a connecting flight to Dubai, UAE on Emirates Airline.
“A thorough search of the bag revealed eight parcels of Loud weighing 2.10kg were concealed in the ladies’ native wears,” he said.
He said during interrogation, the suspect claimed he was given the consignment for a fee of N600,000 on successful delivery in Dubai.
The statement further noted that about 4.5kg of the same substance concealed inside the door panels and boot of an imported Toyota RAV 4 vehicle was on Sunday, July 14, recovered from a container marked MSDU 5656394 from Canada during a search of the container at Tincan port in Lagos.
He said, “Two suspects: Dada Kole and Alaba Oladewusi have been arrested in connection with the seizure.
“At least, 305 blocks of cannabis weighing 152.5kg were recovered from a suspect, Sale Bukar, 39, who was arrested at Geidam in Yobe state on Sunday 14th July while taking the illicit consignment to Diffa, in Niger Republic.
“While a suspect: Aham Regal Chinemeze, 43, was nabbed on Thursday 18th July with 60kg of same substance along Owerri – Onitsha expressway, Imo state, Adamu Abdullahi, 24, was arrested with 40.500kg on Wednesday 17th July along Obajana -Kabba expressway, Kogi state. The consignment was recovered from him in a commercial bus coming from Lagos enroute Kano.
“In Plateau state, a raid on the storehouse of a notorious drug dealer, Choji Gyang (aka Pararam) who is currently at large, at Rukuba road, Jos led to the recovery of 34 bags of cannabis weighing 312kg while his manager, Kelvin Onwutalu, 43, was arrested. Two suspects: Ifabiyi Johnson, 27, and Adeleke Musiliu, 54, were on Friday 19th July arrested with different strains of cannabis sativa weighing 30.4kg during a raid in Osogbo, Osun state.
“In Jigawa state, the trio of Tukur Yahaya, 55; Idris Haruna, 28; and Tanimu Umar, 29, were nabbed with 90 blocks of cannabis weighing 116.8kg at Roni junction, Kazaure LGA, on Friday 19th July while on their way to supply the illicit drugs to their customers in Kazaure, Yankwashi and Katsina state.
“Similarly, the duo of Ibrahim Abdulkadir, 29, and Suleman Mohammed, 22, were arrested with 336 bottles of codeine syrup at Amingo, Kaduna, while Auwalu Hashimu, 35, was nabbed with 45 kilograms of cannabis along Zaria- Kano highway.
“Acting on credible intelligence, a team of NDLEA operatives backed by soldiers raided a mechanic workshop opposite Benin garage, Akure, Ondo state where they recovered a white Toyota Hilux Van with registration number EE 328 EKY loaded with 652 parcels of cannabis weighing 685kg.
“In Nasarawa state, 38kg of the same psychoactive substance and a locally made AK-47 rifle were recovered from the home of a suspect, Christopher Ombugadu, 32, in Akwanga during a raid on Sunday 14th July.”
