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  • NDLEA arrests 2 wanted kingpins for alleged drug trafficking

    NDLEA arrests 2 wanted kingpins for alleged drug trafficking

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a wanted drug kingpin, Damilare Ajiboye aka “Na God” after 12 months of evading arrest.

    The arrest followed a raid on his warehouse in Akala, Mushin area of Lagos.

    The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday.

    Babafemi said that  1,101kg of Ghana Loud, a strong strain of cannabis was recovered at the warehouse on Sept. 4, 2023.

    He, however,  said  the arrest of Ajiboye in a bank in Ogun, followed well-coordinated efforts by the agency’s Directorate of Assets and Financial Investigation, which traced 20 bank accounts linked to the suspect and blocked them.

    In a related development, Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives in Lagos on Friday  took into custody a wanted community leader and Sarkin Yamma of Badagry, Alhaji Bashir Talba.

    This, he said, followed the arrest of his two wives and son, as well as the seizure of a total of 226.2kg cannabis at their homes in Badagry on Sept.  18.

    In another operation in Lagos, the NDLEA said more than 9.7kg cannabis sativa and 50 litres of monkey tail, a fermented combo of cannabis and dry gin, were recovered from a suspect Florence Moses at Badore area of Ajah, Lekki on Tuesday Sept. 24.

    Meanwhile, In Kogi, three suspects: Owolabi Dele, 42; Ayodele Monday, 40; and Olawale Ojo, 22, were arrested by NDLEA operatives along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway.

    Babafemi said they were arrested while conveying 132 sacks of cannabis weighing 2,062.00kg in a Mercedes container truck from Osun  to Dei Dei in Abuja.

    Also, another suspect, Benedict Simire, 57, was arrested at Ayetoro road, Kabba, conveying 33.40kg of same psychoactive substance and a pump action gun with six cartridges on Wednesday,  Sept. 25.

    “On the same Wednesday, operatives of the Marine Command of NDLEA intercepted a two 40HP Yamaha engines boat bearing 71 bags of Ghana Loud weighing 2,982kgs along Alfa beach, Lekki area of Lagos.

    “Men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Western Marine Command were on hand to support the NDLEA officers to recover the boat and exhibits after the two suspects in the boat dived into the water,”he said.

    Again, on Wednesday Sept. 25, NDLEA operatives at the Port Harcourt Ports complex, Onne, Rivers state intercepted 1,500 cartons of codeine-based cough syrup.

    Babafemi said  the cartons were containing a total of 150,000 bottles of the syrup and was seized during a joint examination of a targeted 40ft container, with men of Nigerian Customs and other security agencies.

  • Immigration suspends officer over alleged drug trafficking

    Immigration suspends officer over alleged drug trafficking

    The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has suspended an officer, Michael Akomolafe, over alleged drug trafficking which resulted in his arraignment before a Federal High Court in Lagos.

    Kenneth Udo, NIS Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja

    Udo said that the attention of the service was drawn to a publication linking the officer was serving at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos to drug trafficking.

    He said that the service was in support of the legal proceedings to determine Akomolafe’s culpability in the matter.

    “The officer in question has since been subjected to internal processes, and placed under suspension following his alleged involvement in drug trafficking.

    “The NIS awaits the court judgement before making further comments on this matter,” he said.

    Udo said that NIS remained commitment to excellent service delivery, discipline, and zero tolerance for criminality.

    He said the the service would not hesitate to sanction any officer whose conduct was contrary to the ideals governing its operations

  • CARTOON OF THE DAY: Death penalty for drug trafficking

    CARTOON OF THE DAY: Death penalty for drug trafficking

    CARTOON OF THE DAY: Death penalty for drug trafficking

  • Nigerian senate approves death sentence for hard drug offenders

    Nigerian senate approves death sentence for hard drug offenders

    Henceforth, anyone found guilty of peddling or dealing with cocaine, heroin and other hard drugs into the country will be sentenced to death according to the Nigerian senate.

    The Upper Chamber on Thursday approved death penalty for drug dealers in the country.

    The Senate also approved capital punishment for manufacturers, traffickers and people involving in delivering hard drugs by any means.

    The Senate arrived at the resolution on the floor of the red chamber after deliberations on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

    The maximum punishment in the extant law for offenders is life imprisonment.

    During the consideration of the report on the bill for passage on Thursday, Senate Whip, Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South), recommended that the punishment of life imprisonment be “toughened” to death penalty.

    The penalty for drug importation or dealership is captured in Section 11 of the extant law, which Ndume sought to be increased to a death sentence.

    He said, “This (life imprisonment) should be changed to a death sentence. This is the standard worldwide. We have to do this to address this problem of drugs that has seriously affected our youths.

    “It should be toughened beyond life imprisonment. It should be the death sentence, either by hanging or any way.”

    “When a matter has to do with life and death, we should be accountable. Let’s divide the Senate. This is lawmaking. We are not here to take voice votes,” Oshiomhole said.

    His position was overruled by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, who presided over the plenary.

    Jibrin told Oshiomhole that he should have called for a division of the Senate immediately after the voting took place and before the Senate moved to another clause in the amendment bill.

    “This is about procedure. You were supposed to call for a division; you didn’t do so. I am sorry, I can’t help you”, the DSP stood his ground and stuck with the decision of the Senate.

    However, the  proposal did not sit well with some of his colleagues, including former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, who took to the floor to voice out his reservations.

    Oshiomhole told his colleagues that he would rarely joke with any matter concerning life and death.

    Similarly, Senator Sampson Ekong from Akwa Ibom State also kicked against the resolution of the Senate but he was overruled.

    The Senate went ahead to pass the bill for a third reading.

    The report on the bill was jointly produced by the Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters/Drugs and Narcotics.

     

  • NDLEA declares ex-beauty queen wanted

    NDLEA declares ex-beauty queen wanted

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has declared an ex-beauty queen, Ms Aderinoye Queen Christmas, also known as Ms Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye.

    According to a statement issued on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, the suspect, who was Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture 2015/2016 and founder of Queen Christmas Foundation, deals in illicit substances.

    Babafemi said that 606 grams of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, an electronic weighing scale, large quantities of drugs packing plastics, a black RAV 4 SUV marked Lagos KSF 872 GQ, and her picture frame, among others were recovered from her home during the search witnessed by the estate officials.

    Similarly, the anti-narcotic agency announced that two members of an international drug trafficking syndicate: Sunday Michael Owoborode, 52, and Valentine Anene were arrested the next day Thursday, January 25, at Edu Orita, Ogun state.

    NDLEA stated that Valentine was being prepared to travel with some drugs to Qatar same day on board a Qatar airline flight from Lagos.

    According to the statement, 1.8kg cannabis, electronic weighing scale and other illicit substances were found on them at the time of their arrest.

  • NDLEA declares prophetess, celebrity couple wanted

    NDLEA declares prophetess, celebrity couple wanted

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared a Port Harcourt, Rivers state based popular prophetess and founder of Christ Power Adoration Ministries, Faith Ugochi and a celebrity couple: Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen wanted for recruiting teenage girls into drug trafficking while they serve as the arrowheads of an international syndicate operating from Los Angeles, USA.

    The lid was blown off the cartel when NDLEA operatives at the NAHCO import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos intercepted a consignment of 32.70 kilograms of Loud, a strong variant of cannabis concealed in cartons of used wears on Wednesday 16th November 2022.

    A freight agent, Ukoh Ifeanyi Oguguo was immediately arrested while further investigations led to the arrest of four more suspects: Chikodi Favour; Obiyom Shalom Chiamaka; Nnochiri Chidinma Promise and Edward Omatseye (aka Montana).

    The 15-year-old Favour was the first sales girl to be arrested at a fuel station in Ajah area of Lagos. She thereafter led the operatives to a duplex accommodation around Ikate area of Lekki, which was later discovered to be a rented apartment by the criminal group purposely for four young girls that the syndicate uses for marketing and distribution of illicit drugs. Another girl, Shalom who is a fresh graduate of Agricultural Science from Rivers State University of Science and Technology was picked from the house alongside Favour.

    During their preliminary interviews, it was learnt that the syndicate rented another building used as drugs warehouse inside Richmond Estate, Lekki. By the time operatives located the house, it was discovered that other members of the syndicate had broken into the store and carted away bags of illicit substances.

    However, some illicit drugs paraphernalia including sealing machine, bloating machine and packaging bags were recovered from the warehouse. A follow-up operation led to the arrest of Edward Omatseye at his residence around Lekki area. Edward confessed during interview to be working for Igho and his wife, Danielle, who are identified as the overall heads of the criminal group.

    Investigation was able to establish that Favour and Shalom were recruited as salesgirls in the illicit drug trade by Prophetess Faith Ugochi of Christ Power Adoration Ministries, using her church platform to recruit teenage girls brought to her for help, on behalf of the celebrity couple: Igho Ubiribo (aka Tiny) and Danielle Simba Allen (aka Dani), who are the owners of the business, while Edward Omatseye (aka Montana) coordinates the illicit drug trade activities for them in Nigeria, with Nnochiri Chidinma Promise as representative of Ben Cargo Ltd, a freight company responsible for the shipment of illicit consignments into the country.

    While Nnochiri Chidinma Promise and Edward Omatseye (aka Montana) have already been charged to court and are currently facing trial at the Federal High Court, Lagos alongside Ben Cargo Ltd, a freight company which had been linked to two previous drug seizures and also involved in the current case, several attempts to get Prophetess Faith Ugochi, Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen submit themselves for questioning have proved abortive.

    A letter of invitation sent to Prophetess Faith Ugochi of Christ Adoration Ministries, No. 27 Anozie Street, Mile 2, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 28th November 2022 was received and acknowledged by her mother, with whom she runs the Church. The letter was followed with a reminder on 9th January, 2023 after a long wait.

    In the same vein, letters of invitation were also extended to Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen. A reminder was also sent when the couple didn’t show any readiness to respond to the first invitation. While Prophetess Ugochi fled her home and went into hiding but continued her prophetic ministration on Facebook, the duo of Igho and Danielle initially sent a legal representation to ask for another time to honour the invitation, they have since gone incommunicado.

    Curiously, they hurriedly moved all funds traced to their company Lasgidi Backwood Ltd where all proceeds from the sales of illicit drugs were deposited into a private account of one Victor Imagoro. The Agency has since blocked the sum of Eighty Million Naira (N80,000,000) traced to the account and obtained a court order to seize all properties including a fuel station linked to the suspects in Lagos and Port Harcourt.

    The NDLEA has further sought and obtained an order of the Federal High Court Lagos to declare wanted the celebrity couple: Ubiribo Igho and Danielle Allen, as the arrowheads of the illicit trade as well as Prophetess Faith Ugochi, who recruits teenage girls as sales representatives for the duo.

    Meanwhile, the Agency in collaboration with other stakeholders including the Customs Service on Friday 31st March conducted a joint examination of two containers marked TRHU 4758549 and TRHU 6936803 where One Hundred and Forty-Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand (143,800,000 tablets) pills of Tramadol 225mg were discovered in 720 cartons weighing 10.3tons (10,386kgs). The opioid pills, which were mixed with cartons of sweet were imported from India. The interception followed credible intelligence and cooperation of sister agencies.

    In the same vein, officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigations, DOGI, have intercepted at a courier firm a cargo of 1.5kg cocaine concealed in a carton declared to contain hair cream, shampoo, hair rollers and burners, going to London, UK.

    In Kaduna, operatives on Monday 27th March raided Dan Wata village, Soba LGA where they arrested one Abdurrashid Musa, 33, with 142.8kg cannabis while the principal suspect, Ibro Danwata is still at large, while another suspect, Shamsu Abdullahi (aka Waja), 35, was also arrested the previous day during a follow up operation at Rigasa Kaduna, after he had abandoned 80,000 tablets of Diazepam weighing 13.4kg and escaped arrest earlier.

    No less than 63 bags of cannabis sativa weighing 600kg stored in a house at Okpe village in Akoko-Edo LGA were recovered on Friday 31st March when operatives raided the area, while a raid of a warehouse owned by one Shehi Mallam at tomatoes market, Dei Dei Abuja same day led to the seizure of 80 sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 842.4 kilograms. In Cross River, 12,000 pills of Tramadol 225mg were seized from a female passenger, Talatu Sale Adamu, 46, when NDLEA officers intercepted the commercial bus she was travelling in along Ogoja/ Katsina-Ala road on Monday 27th March.

    While a suspect, Abraham Alaigwu was arrested at Slaughter, Trans/Amadi area of Port Harcourt, Rivers state with 91.7kg of cannabis on Thursday 30th March, 228kg of same substance was seized from Ayodele Osuya, 35, in a Toyota Camry car around Quarter Guard area of Akure, Ondo state.

    While commending the officers and men of MMIA for a painstaking investigation of Prophetess Faith Ugochi and the celebrity couple, Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen along with other members of their cartel, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) assured that no effort will be spared to ensure the fleeing suspects are brought to face the consequences of their action. He also expressed his gratitude to operatives of Apapa, DOGI, Edo, Cross River, Rivers, Kaduna, FCT and Ondo Commands of the Agency for their resilience, professionalism and excellent synergy with other security agencies in their areas of responsibility.

    He charged them and their colleagues across the country to continue to raise the bar in their daily attainments.

  • Alleged drug trafficking: NDLEA arrests Ex-Boko Haram fighter, traditional ruler

    Alleged drug trafficking: NDLEA arrests Ex-Boko Haram fighter, traditional ruler

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a rehabilitated ex-fighter of the Boko Haram terror group, Alayi Madu for alleged drug trafficking.

    The agency said that it also arrested Baale  Akunola Adebayo’, the traditional ruler of Kajola, a border town between Ondo State and Edo, in connection with the alleged crime.

    This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media, and Advocacy, NDLEA Mr. Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja.

    Babafemi said that the traditional ruler was arrested in Kajola.

    He said the arrests were part of ongoing operations to mop up illicit drugs across the country ahead of the next round of elections.

    He also said that NDLEA officers in the early hours of Friday,  March 10,  stormed Kajola forest in Kajola community, a border town between Edo and Ondo state where they destroyed three cannabis farms, measuring 39.801546 hectares.

    “The owner of the farms who claims to be the Ba’ale of Kajola, Akinola Adebayo, 35, was arrested on the farm at 2:30am.

    “Two other suspects believed to be his workers: Arikuyeri Abdulrahman, 23, and Habibu Ologun, 25, were also nabbed in a hut near the farms.

    “Also, a 26-year-old Alayi Madu, who was a Boko Haram fighter for 15 years before he surrendered to the Nigerian military in 2021, was intercepted by NDLEA operatives.”

    Babafemi said the suspect was arrested on Thursday, March 9 along Abuja-Kaduna express road with 10 kilograms of skunk.

    According to him, he said he bought it in Ibadan, Oyo state, and was taking the consignment concealed in a sack to Maiduguri, Borno.

    “In his statement, Madu said he is from Banki town in Borno and joined the notorious terrorist organisation in 2006 when he was nine years old.

    “He said he repented and surrendered to the military in 2021, after which he underwent rehabilitation and de-radicalisation processes at Umaru Shehu rehabilitation centre, Maiduguri and Malam Sidi de-radicalization centre, Gombe, before he was discharged after spending six months.

    “Thereafter, he traveled to Ibadan, Oyo state where he worked as commercial motorcycle rider (Okada rider) before going into drug trafficking and his eventual arrest along Abuja-Kaduna express road, ” he said.

  • Alleged drug trafficking: CSO drags NDLEA, AGF to court demanding immediate prosecution of Tinubu

    Alleged drug trafficking: CSO drags NDLEA, AGF to court demanding immediate prosecution of Tinubu

    A Civil Society Organization, CSO, under the aegis of Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy has dragged the National Drugs and Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General to the Federation, Abubakar Malami to immediately start prosecution of APC’s presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu over alleged money laundering and drug trafficking.

    In suit number FHC/Abj/CS/2237/22 dated December 2, 2022, sighted by TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) the group wants the court based on the certified judgment of a US Court start prosecution of the presidential candidate of the ruling party on money laundering and drug trafficking.

    TNG recalls that the latest certified copies of the court case, obtained on August 10, showed Mr Tinubu and two others named K.O. Tinubu and Alhaji Mogati were involved in banking proceeds of illicit drugs and money laundering with Heritage Bank and Citibank. It was not immediately clear whether or not ‘Alhaji Mogati’ was a misspelling of Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji, Mr Tinubu’s foster mother, who passed on in 2013.
    The U.S. government had in July 1993 sought forfeiture of proceeds of narcotics Mr Tinubu was accused of laundering. The matter was resolved in a compromise between the Tinubus and the U.S. authorities, with the Tinubus being asked to keep the money in the Heritage Bank account while the $460,000 in the Citibank account was forfeited.

    In the originating summons, the plaintiff demanded for a declaration that the first and second defendants are bound by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by Section 4 of the Act and establishing NDLEA and Section 3 of the Justice Criminal Administration Act, 2015 to prosecute the 3rd Defendant under Section 18 of the Money Laundering Act, 2022 in that on October 4, 1993 the United States District court Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division in case number 93C4483, United States of America -Plaintiff V funds in account 263226700 held by First Heritage Bank in the name of Bola Tinubu.

    The plaintiff to this end asked the court to determine whether the 1st and 2nd Defendants are, on the basis of the allegation in the complaint lodged by the Plaintiff in the letters attached to this process as exhibits
    “A” and “B”, bound by the 1999 Constitution, Section 4 of The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act and Section 3 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 to prosecute Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the 3rd Defendant .

    Also whether Section 4 in the Act establishing the NDLEA Act is mandated to prosecute the the 3rd defendants among others as expressly stated in the originating summons.

  • BREAKING: Wanted popular Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels arrested by NDLEA

    BREAKING: Wanted popular Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels arrested by NDLEA

    Ten days after he was declared wanted, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested fleeing Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Alhaji Ademola Afolabi Kazeem (a.k.a Alhaji Abdallah Kazeem Muhammed) over offences bordering on exportation and trafficking of illicit drugs as well as money laundering.

    Recall that the NDLEA had on Tuesday 1st November declared the suspect wanted following his failure to honour invitations and an order granted by a Federal High Court in Lagos. The wanted drug kingpin was uncovered as the sponsor of some traffickers arrested by the anti-narcotics agency in their recent attempt to export cocaine to Dubai, UAE and other destinations outside Nigeria.

    “The search for him however paid off on Thursday 10′ Nov when he was successfully taken into custody where he is currently being interviewed. His lid was blown open after the arrest of one of his mules, Bolujoko Muyiwa Babalola, a Lagos BRT driver on 27th June at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, when he named Alhaji Ademola Kazeem, alias Adekaz as the owner of the 900grams of cocaine he ingested.

    “Following Adekaz’s failure to honour invitations sent to him, the Agency approached a Federal High Court in Lagos with three prayers: to attach and seal his identified properties in choice areas of Lagos Island and Ibadan; declare him wanted and block his bank account with a cash balance of Two Hundred and Seventeen Million Naira (N217,000,000.00), all of which were granted,” a statement by Femi Babafemi, Director of NDLEA’s Media & Advocacy reads.

    In a related development, NDLEA operatives also arrested a businesswoman, Okefun Darlington Chisom over her links with two Pakistanis: Asif Muhammed, 45 and Hussain Naveed, 57, arrested at the Lagos airport with 8 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a sound system while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to Lahore, Pakistan via Doha on Saturday 5th Nov.

    An automobile parts dealer, Omeje Oliver (a.k.a David Mark) who was arrested on Monday 31st October in Enugu where he fled to after abandoning his business at Aspanda, Trade Fair Complex Lagos since 16 April in connection with the seizure of 600 grams of heroin concealed inside soles of lady’s footwear going to Liberia, has been linked to another drug seizure.

    A further look at the Agency’s database reveals Omeje was also involved in a case of 1.580kg of Methamphetamine that was seized from one Victor Nwobodo Friday, who was arrested at the MMIA during his aborted trip to Jakarta, Indonesia on February 6, 2018. Charges have been filed against the suspect at the Federal High Court Lagos in respect of the old seizure in addition to that of the recent one.

    Meanwhile, NDEA operatives attached to the SAHCO import shed of the MMIA Lagos have intercepted another consignment of Tramadol from Karachi, Pakistan. A total of 6 cartons comprising 497,900 tablets of Royal Tramaking brand of Tramadol 225mg with a gross weight of 304.90 kilograms were recovered after a joint examination by stakeholders on Friday 11th Nov.

    Operatives in Ogun state in the early hours of Saturday 12′ Nov raided a warehouse at Ogere area of Ikene LGA where they seized 273 jumbo bags of cannabis sativa weighing 3,533 kilograms (3.533tons) from a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jesutofunmi Solomon.

    This came on the heels of the seizure of 176kgs of C/S at Ogere trailer park on Wednesday 9th Nov and the destruction of 15 hectares of cannabis plantation in Gbamgbam area of the state.

    In the same vein, operatives in Osun state have raided a cannabis plantation at Obada sawmill, Owena ljesa in Oriade LGA where they destroyed 1.2hectares, recovered 2,823kgs of processed C/S and arrested 13 suspects on Sunday 6th November.

    In Ondo, operatives seized 78kgs of cannabis from a dealer, Beauty Godwin at Ofosu along Benin-Ore express road, and another 264kgs from Abdul Rasheed Mohammed, and AbdulRasheed Haruna at Sanusi camp 2 in Owo, while in Rivers state, anti-narcotics officers of the Agency arrested Damion Onuoha during a raid at Elele Alimini community, Emuoha LGA, where he was found with 1.6kgs of Methamphetamine as well as monetary exhibit amounting to six hundred and fifty thousand, seven hundred naira (N650,700.00). A joint operation with the military at Habour road, Port Harcourt City also led to the arrest of Sandra David and seizure of different quantities of cocaine and heroin as well as two million, fifty five thousand, seven hundred and fifty naira (N2,055,750.00) cash exhibit from her home.

    In Edo state, operatives located and destroyed 10 clusters of cannabis sativa farms measuring 14 hectares at Iqwalor forest, Uhunmwonde GA where five bags of processed C/S weighing 47.7kgs were recovered, while a raid at Obadan village, in the same LGA also led to the recovery 11 bags of cannabis sativa seeds weighing 399kgs and 34 bags of processed substance weighing 431kgs, bringing the total weight to 830kgs. Two suspects: Enododia Sunday and Osayaba Paul were arrested at the scene.

    While commending the officers and men of the MMIA, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Rivers and Edo Commands of the Agency for the successful operations in the past week, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), CON, OFR urged them and their counterparts across the country to intensify the heat on drug barons and cartels.

  • NDLEA arrests 48 suspects over alleged drug trafficking in Edo

    NDLEA arrests 48 suspects over alleged drug trafficking in Edo

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo, says it has arrested no fewer than 48 suspects over alleged illicit drug trafficking in October.

    This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja by Mr. Buba Wakawa, the NDLEA Commander in the state.

    The commander also said that 10 suspected cannabis farms measuring 8.23 hectares were destroyed, and three vehicles and one motor bike intercepted.

    Wakawa however said that the command secured six convictions within the month.

    He said that those arrested included 39 males and nine females, while about 7,379.59 kilogrammes of drugs were seized from them.

    He listed the items as cannabis sativa, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and codeine-based syrup, among others.

    Wakawa appreciated the people of the state for their unflinching support to the command and appealed for more intelligence on the activities of drug merchants.

    “I believe that together we will cripple their evil trade, so that we can jointly make Edo drug free.

    “The task given to us by our Chairman Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa to rid the nation of drug abuse and trafficking, is a mandate that must be achieved,” Wakawa added.