Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have again intercepted another shipment containing 379grams of methamphetamine.
Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
He said the consignment was recovered at a courier company in Lagos by officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) in the agency.
According to the statement, the consignment was concealed in false bottom of six black soap containers, packed in a carton containing local hand fans, heading to Cyprus in Europe.
This latest seizure is coming barely one week after NDLEA operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja Lagos intercepted 30.10kg consignment methamphetamine going to London, UK.
He said two ladies; Bilkisu Yusuf, 33, and Kauna Katsina, 25, were on Monday 22nd May arrested in Ningi town, Bauchi state with 11,080 pills of tramadol, while Uche Shadrach, 22, was arrested with 20,480 pills of the same pharmaceutical opioid on Wednesday, 24th May along Okene-Lokoja highway, Kogi State while on his way from Onitsha, Anambra state to Minna, Niger state.
“In the same vein, two suspects: Surajo Adamu and Muhammad Ali were arrested on Friday 26th May with 379,200 tablets of Diazepam in Alimosho area of Lagos, while the MMIA Command of the Agency took custody of 22 cartons of Tramadol 225mg weighing 1,144.30 kg and 12 cartons of Tramadol 120mg with a total weight of 320kg, all containing 2, 317, 400 pills transferred to the Agency by the Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, on Thursday 25th May.
“In Delta State, NDLEA operatives supported by men drawn from the Nigerian Army, NSCDC and the Police on Wednesday 24th May raided the notorious Abbi town, Ndokwa West LGA where three suspects: Eunice Eneh, 52; Animan Ifeoma, 26, and Chuks Webema Dennis, 35, were arrested with a total of 343.9kg cannabis.
“A similar mop up operation in Bayelsa State has led to the arrest of a wanted suspect, Ozoemena Egbochue, 38, at the Swali market in Yenagoa on Monday 22nd May following the earlier arrest of his sales boy, Morgan Eredeowei with 11,748 pills of tramadol and diazepam,” the statement said.
Reacting to the seizures and arrests, the Chairman/CEO of the NDLEA, retired Brig-General Mohamed Buba Marwa commended the officers and men of the agency across all commands for their professionalism and synergy with other law enforcement agencies in the mop up operation.
Marwa urged them to sustain the offensive beyond the Monday, May 29 handover to the new administration. (vitalnewsngr.com)
