Monday, June 24, 2024 –Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA raided a snake guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs in Igor community, Benin city, Edo state and arrested two female suspects.
NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, who
disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, June 23, 2024, said operatives raided
the shrine after detecting a specially constructed large hole storage in a wall
covered with wallpapers and fetish objects.
“Different quantities of illicit substances such as methamphetamine,
Loud, Colorado and Arizona, all strong strains of cannabis with a total weight
of 8.743 kilograms, were pulled out from the deep hole dug in the wall of the
shrine building,” the statement read.
“At least, two ladies: Sonia Chinonso Ezumezu and Risikatu Tijani were
arrested during the intelligence-led operation on Tuesday 18th June 2024 after
the big black snake guarding the shrine was demobilized.
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