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NDLEA nabs female drug pusher at Lagos Airport

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July 18, 2022
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Abuja – A 27-year old female drug pusher, Mrs Opoola Mujidat , has been arrested by the operatives of the National Law Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

Opoola, was arrested for planting drugs concealed in fetish bowls on two male Oman-bound passengers.

Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement in Abuja on Sunday.

According to Babafemi, the bowls which also contained scary native black soap and sponge were discovered on the two male passengers at the departure hall of the MMIA on Monday, July 11.

“The male passengers; Raji Babatunde Kazeem and Akinbobola Omoniyi were travelling together to Oman, Middle East on Ethiopian Airlines flight when they were intercepted by NDLEA operatives at the airport.

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“A search of their luggage revealed wraps of cannabis sativa hidden in bowls of native black soap and sponge packed into a bag containing food items, which Kazeem was carrying.

“Both Kazeem and Omoniyi immediately alerted the anti-narcotic officers that Mujidat Opoola who was still within the vicinity gave the bag to them at the airport.

“She was promptly arrested.

“The lady accepted responsibility and stated that she brought the luggage for the two passengers to give to her husband in Oman,” Babafemi said.

The statement said Mujidat Opoola, who hails from Oyo East Local Government Area, Oyo State, confessed during preliminary interview that the bag containing the food items were packed by her with different items, including the black soap used to conceal the illicit substance.

In Nasarawa state, NDLEA operatives also intercepted over 91 jumbo bags of cannabis, weighing 1,029.5kg concealed in a truck mounted natural gas tank on Doma road, around 500 Housing Estate, Lafia.

A 52-year-old suspect, Ernest Ojieh, was arrested in connection with the seizure on Saturday, July
9.

This happened barely four days after operatives at Agwan Doka, Lafia, seized 38 big bags of the same substance with a total weight of 367kg.

Two suspects; Abdullahi Iliyasu, 30, and Bashir Mohammed, 29 were arrested over the seizure.

In Kaduna and Adamawa States, over 500,000 pills of pharmaceutical opioids were seized and suspects arrested in raid operations across the two states.

In Kaduna alone, 294,400 pills of Tramadol and Diazepam were seized from Shaban Nasir, Aminu Usman and Shamsudeen Hussaini, along Abuja-Kaduna express road.

Also, Sa’idu Yahaya and Umar Abubakar, were arrested during a follow up operation in Kano, on Friday July 15.

In the same vein, over 227,000 different grades of Tramadol tablets were seized during the raid of a patent medicine store at Sabon Layi, close to Mubi main market, Mubi North Lical Government Area, Adamawa State on Sunday, July 3.

Asuspect, Nasiru Abubakar, 27, was arrested while Tramadol 250mg (aka Boko Haram); Royal Tramadol 225mg (aka Vectra); Tramaking Tramadol 225mg (aka Jan Dara); Tramadol 200mg (aka Dogari); and Tramadol 100mg(aka Green), among others were recovered from the store.

“Another suspect, Idris Adamu, 25, was also arrested in a shoe shop in the same Sabon Layi where over 5,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg were recovered from him,” the statement said.

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), commended the officers and men of the MMIA, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Adamawa Commands for the arrests and seizures .

Marwa warned drug cartels to desist from their activities, saying that no matter the ingenuity of their modes of concealment, the dedicated workforce of the agency will always beat them in their tricks. (vitalnewsngr.com)

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