By Kingsley Omonobi
Operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) have arrested two Brazil returnees, a businesswoman, and several other others in a collection of operations that additionally led to the interception of enormous consignments of illicit medication throughout the nation.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, stated the 2 returnees, Ofoma Sunday (46) and Ukachukwu Frank Ikechukwu, had been positioned below commentary on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport (MMIA), Lagos, the place they excreted a mixed 116 wraps of heroin and cocaine that they had ingested.
Ofoma, who arrived Lagos from Brazil by way of Addis Ababa on September 16, was arrested after a physique scan confirmed drug ingestion. He later excreted 111 wraps of heroin weighing 1.45kg. A follow-up operation at a lodge in Amuwo Odofin led to the arrest of 1 Nweke Jude Chukwudi, who was designated to obtain the medication.
Equally, Ukachukwu was arrested throughout the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airways passengers from Brazil on September 19. Below commentary, he excreted 5 wraps of cocaine weighing 145 grams.
In one other operation, NDLEA operatives arrested a businesswoman, Okolonkwo Ebere Theresa, on September 14, after Aviation Safety officers at Terminal 2 of MMIA found 1.40kg of methamphetamine hid in butt pad underwear as she tried to board a Qatar Airways flight to Doha.
On the NAHCO export shed of the Lagos airport, officers intercepted a consignment of meals objects containing 40 wraps of methamphetamine weighing 2.3kg, sure for Hong Kong. A 59-year-old suspect, Umelo Ifeanyi Venatus, was taken into custody. In a separate interception at a courier firm in Lagos, cocaine weighing 257 grams was discovered hidden inside seven cellphone chargers destined for New Zealand.
Past Lagos, NDLEA operatives carried out main raids in Adamawa, Zamfara, Edo, Taraba, and Yobe states.
In Adamawa, three raids led to the seizure of 233,800 capsules of tramadol, with suspects arrested in Yola South, Jimeta, and Namtari checkpoint.
In Zamfara, 109 luggage of hashish skunk weighing over 1,099kg had been seized from a truck alongside Gummi–Daki Takwas street, with one suspect arrested.
In Edo, officers destroyed two hashish farms protecting over 4 hectares in Owan West LGA, estimated to yield over 11,000kg, whereas recovering 148kg of processed hashish. Three suspects had been arrested on the website.
In Taraba, 25.5kg of hashish was recovered from a suspect at Bali LGA.
In Yobe, two suspects had been arrested with 14,000 capsules of tramadol alongside Damaturu–Potiskum street.
The Company additionally intensified its Struggle Towards Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization campaigns in faculties, worship centres, and communities throughout Sokoto, Katsina, Jigawa, Benue, and Kano states.
NDLEA Chairman/Chief Government, Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), recommended officers of the MMIA, Adamawa, Zamfara, Edo, Taraba, Yobe, and different instructions for his or her dedication.
“These arrests and seizures symbolize a big milestone in our decided effort to dismantle drug trafficking organizations working inside and out of doors Nigeria. We stay centered on defending our communities, particularly the youth, from the dangerous results of illicit substances,” Marwa stated.
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