Monday, August 4, 2025 - Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested three dispatch riders namely Sabo Sule, 24; Samuel Nnamdi, 28; and Idris Jibrin, 28, for distributing illicit substances around Abuja. About 149.8 grammes of Canadian Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, were recovered from them.
Aliyu Abubakar, 25 and Adekunle Agbabiaka, 30 were also
arrested along the Abaji/Gwagwalada expressway with 91.1kg of skunk, another
strain of cannabis, on Saturday, August 2.
The operatives further intercepted consignments of cocaine
and tramadol 225mg concealed in 71 vehicle side mirrors being sent to
Libreville, Gabon, through the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos. At least, three suspects linked
with the cargo were arrested in follow-up operations.
The first batch of the consignment consisted of 57,420 pills
of tramadol 225mg and 57 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.60kg. They were
intercepted in a cargo going to Gabon on Air Côte d’Ivoire on Saturday, July
19, 2025.
A popular cargo agent, Ihekweme Osinachi Benedict, handling
the shipment was immediately arrested, leading to the arrest of another
suspect, Uzochukwu Godspower Chukwurah, on Sunday, July 20.
Eleven parcels of cocaine weighing one kilogramme were later
recovered from four additional side mirrors being prepared for export found in
the home of Uzochukwu on Monday, July 21, bringing the total number of parcels
of cocaine to 68 weighing 2.60 kilogrammes.
In a related development, NDLEA operatives on Friday, August
1, arrested Mrs Nwafor Roseann Nneka at her shop within the Trade Fair Complex,
Ojo, Lagos. This was following the interception of 100 grammes of cocaine and
300 grammes of phenacetine, a cutting agent, concealed in ladies’ lipsticks
going to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, through the export shed of the Lagos
airport on July 10, 2025.
Two cargo agents linked with the shipment were earlier
arrested before the eventual arrest of Nneka, who runs the criminal trade as a
family business with her husband, Remigus Nwafor, presently at large .
Mrs Nwafor admitted in her statement that she bought the
lipsticks used to conceal the illicit drugs while her husband handled the
actual concealment.
In Lagos, NDLEA officers, acting on intelligence on
Saturday, August 2, arrested Joseph Michael with 3.3kg of Colorado, a synthetic
strain of cannabis, in Mushin, Lagos, while Ibrahim Sulaiman was nabbed in the
Iwaya area of Yaba with 16.5 litres of skuchies on Friday, August 1.
About 100,000 pills of tramadol capsules were seized from
Hussein Yusuf, 37, at an NDLEA checkpoint along Vandeikya-Ogoja road in Benue
State on Friday, August 1.
Operatives in Edo State raided a warehouse in Ekpoma where
one William Alabi, 44, was arrested and 233.5kg of skunk recovered.
In Borno State, NDLEA operatives at the arrival hall of the
Muhammadu Buhari International Airport (MBIAM), Maiduguri, on Friday,
intercepted a consignment of 160 pills of tramadol concealed in footwear by a
38-year-old passenger, Umar Aminu, who was promptly arrested.
NDLEA operatives in Ogun State raided the Oja Odan area, on
Friday and arrested a female suspect, Yahaya Aminat Seyi, with 7,218 pills of
opioids mainly tramadol.
In Oyo State, operatives nabbed Oladeji Saka, 54, with
77.5kg of skunk at Asanike, Ibadan, while Benson Izah, 40, was arrested in
Abraka, Delta State, with 12.5kg of skunk, one kilogramme of tramadol and 14.4
litres of codeine.
In Bayelsa State, NDLEA officers arrested 52-year-old Emeka
Opara and Onuoha Chidinma, 25, along Tantua road, Amassoma, where 41,705
tramadol capsules, among assorted opioids, were recovered from their shop and
residence. A suspect, Bashir Gambo, 30, was nabbed at Yar Yasa town, Tudun Wada
Local Council, Kano State, with 61kg of skunk.
Kabiru Ayinde, 40, and Roqeeb Adekanmbi, 25, were arrested
on Monday, July 28, at Ile-Ogbo area of Iwo town, Osun State, where 90kg of
skunk, 36.3g of methamphetamine, a Toyota bus marked SMK 755 YF and N228,200
cash were recovered from them.
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