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NDLEA Arrests Pregnant woman, Fake Soldier With Drugs Hidden in Crayfish and Dried Vegetables

...As Operatives Storm Edo Forests, Destroy Hectares of Drug Farms; Intercept Cocaine, Heroin Going to Canada, Australia

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, continued their nationwide offensive against drug traffickers in the past week, seizing hundreds of kilogrammes of illicit substances at the airports, courier firms, hideouts and destroying hectares of cannabis farms in the remote forests.

This was disclosed in a press statement in Abuja by Mr. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s Director, Media & Advocacy.

Lady with her illicit consignment
Lady with her illicit consignment

The statement said attempts by a female passenger, Isesele Obehi, and one Emmanuel Chibuzor Omebere, to export illicit drugs to Europe through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, were thwarted by narcotic officers who arrested them shortly before they boarded their flights.

Isesele was nabbed on Saturday, September 11, 2021, during outward clearance of Ethiopian Airline flight at Gate B departure hall of the Lagos airport on her way to Milan, Italy, with 312 sachets of Tramadol, weighing 1.5kg, concealed in crayfish and dried vegetables.

On his part, Chibuzor was caught with 137.45 grams of the same drug concealed in foodstuff at the Abuja airport on Thursday, September 2, 2021, during outward clearance of Turkish Airline flight to Istanbul, Turkey.

Another suspect with his drugs
Another suspect with his drugs

In the same vein, efforts by desperate traffickers to export varying sizes of consignments containing cocaine, heroin and other illicit drugs through courier firms were also foiled. Some of these include 475grams of heroin concealed in food items going to Canada; 202grams of cocaine hidden in body cream containers going to Australia; 720grams of Cannabis Sativa tucked in computer hard drives heading to United Arab Emirates, UAE, and another 2.1kg of cannabis hidden in body cream bottles going to Oman. Also impounded was 60grams of cocaine concealed in degree certificates meant for Australia. All the seized illicit consignments were from three courier firms in Lagos.

Curiously, a 38-year-old pregnant woman, Kate Ngozi Nwuju was arrested on Tuesday, 14th September 14, 2021, at her residence in Rumueme, Mile 4 area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with 4.5kilograms of cannabis, following intelligence that she sells drugs.

Also, one Aliyu Saidu, suspected to be a fake soldier was arrested with 2.3kg of Cannabis Sativa in a commercial bus from Lagos to Makurdi, on Monday, September 13, at Aliade checkpoint, Benue State.

Yet, another suspect
Yet, another suspect

In Kano, one Shuaibu Yusuf, was arrested on Friday, September 17, with 537kg of cannabis sativa concealed among bags of cement in a truck. In Ogun state, five persons were arrested on Tuesday, 14th September 14, after their truck conveying 552kg cannabis was intercepted at Ogere Remo, along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. In a related development, narcotic officers on motorised patrol, on Friday September 17, arrested a 21-year-old Law Ubi at Marian Road, Calabar, Cross River State with 67.4 kg cannabis while a follow-up search of his residence the following day, Saturday, led to the recovery of 4.2grams of Cocaine from his apartment.

Between September 8 and 16, operatives stormed remote forests in Ovia North East area of Edo State and destroyed over 14 hectares of cannabis farms, and recovered 172.6kg of cannabis. Three female and a male suspects were also arrested in raids across Owan East and Akoko Edo areas of the state. Different quantities of cannabis and local mixtures called monkey tail were recovered from them.

Another of the drug suspects
Another of the drug suspects

Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended officers and men of the Lagos airport, Abuja airport, Benue, Kano, Ogun, Rivers, Cross River and Edo commands, as well as those of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation, DOGI, of the Agency, for maintaining the heat on drug dealers.

Pregnant suspected drug dealer
Pregnant suspected drug dealer

He  said their efforts “further reaffirm our determination that those in this criminal trade will always have the new NDLEA to contend with; whether in their homes, on the streets, at the ports and deep in the forests, we’ll chase them with every legitimate force and smoke them out, up to the last man or woman if they fail to repent.”

 

 

 

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