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The village head of Gidan Abba within the Bodinga Native Authorities Space of Sokoto State, Abubakar Ibrahim, was amongst eleven suspects arrested in interdiction operations during which 991,320 drugs of pharmaceutical opioids and 1,251kgs of hashish and khat, in addition to 46.637 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin, had been recovered by operatives of the Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company, throughout seven states.
This was disclosed in a press release on Sunday by the anti-narcotics company’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi.
He famous that on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, NDLEA operatives hooked up to the SAHCO import shed on Wednesday, October 26 intercepted a complete of 15 cartons containing 802,000 drugs of Tramadol imported from Dubai, UAE and Karachi, Pakistan.
Whereas 10 cartons of Tramadol 225mg got here in from Dubai on an Ethiopian Airways flight, 4 cartons of 100mg and a carton of 225mg Tramadol got here from Karachi, Pakistan on one other Ethiopian Airways flight.
On the identical day, operatives on the SAHCO export shed intercepted cans of tomato paste going to the UK. A radical search of the consignment revealed that the tomato cans had been used to hide 36 pellets of hashish with a gross weight of 21.30 kilograms whereas a cargo agent, Sodehinde Akinwale has been arrested in reference to the seizure.
“Two days after, Friday, October 28, operatives hooked up to the NAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport seized 5 cartons of dried khat leaves, weighing 107.70kgs that got here in from Bangkok, Thailand via Dubai on an Emirates Airline flight.
“A follow-up operation on the seizure of 11.90kgs Meth hid within the heads of dried fish going to Dubai, UAE on August 5 has led to the arrest of a 30-year-old bricklayer, Babatunde Quadri Mamowora on Thursday, October 27 in Sango Otta space of Ogun State in collaboration with males of the Nigerian Safety and Civil Protection Corps within the space.”
In the identical vein, a 27-year-old Madu Miracle has been arrested by operatives on the Akanu Ibiam Worldwide Airport, AIIA, Enugu on arrival from Nairobi, Kenya by way of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday, October 26.
“A search of his three baggage revealed 76 overseas bathing soaps made with cocaine in one of many baggage whereas one other has two plastic bottles containing cream-like liquid, which examined optimistic for cocaine. The cocaine bars weigh 10.650 kilograms whereas the liquid cocaine weighs 2.496 kilograms, bringing the whole weight to 13.146 kilograms.
“In Kogi state, NDLEA operatives on cease and search operation alongside Okene-Abuja freeway on Thursday, October 27, intercepted a Chisco branded bus coming from Lagos to Abuja with a consignment of 32.9kgs Meth packaged as tubers of yam; 376 grams of cocaine and 215 grams of heroin.
“Whereas the bus driver, Chief Pascal Nmaram was promptly arrested, a follow-up operation in Abuja the identical day led to the arrest of the recipient of the illicit cargo, Mr Ikenna Akunne who confessed he was detailed to journey with the consignment to Spain the next day, Friday twenty eighth Oct via the Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport Abuja,” Babafemi mentioned.
In the meantime, operatives of the state command of the Company have destroyed 5 hectares of hashish farms at Agbonkete, Iyaya Camp, Igalamela/Odolu LGA, the place a suspect, Augustine Agbenyo, 34, was arrested with three sacks of each recent and dried leaves and stems of the illicit substance.
Whereas operatives seized 146,000 drugs of Tramadol 225mg in a purchase and bust operation within the Oshodi space of Lagos State on Tuesday, October 25, the village head of Gidan Abba village, in Bodinga native authorities space of Sokoto State, Abubakar Ibrahim, 38, was arrested in Bodinga city identical day with 3kgs of hashish sativa and 4,000 tablets of exol-5.
Within the FCT, operatives on patrol alongside the Kwali-Abuja freeway on Monday, October 24, intercepted a truck with 915.8kilograms of hashish and arrested three suspects: Kabiru Ibrahim, 40; Muhammad Muawiyya, 30, and Adamu Adamu, 24.
The assertion reads additional, “In Adamawa state, operatives arrested two trans-border traffickers, Abdullahi Mamuda (aka Mama) and Aliyu Abdullahi (aka Garga) at Skylight Resort in Jambutu, Yola North. A search of their car, an ash-coloured Toyota Corolla automotive with registration quantity JMT 146 TE (Adamawa), revealed 39, 320 tablets of Tramadol 225mg hid in numerous compartments of the doorways of the automotive.
“Preliminary investigation exhibits the trans-border traffickers took off from Onitsha in Anambra State and travelled to Jimeta, Adamawa State the place they lodged within the lodge earlier than heading to Belel, a city alongside the Nigerian – Cameroon border the place they might repackage the medicine as odd consumables and ferry throughout the river to Garoa in Cameroon. Operatives in Ondo State stormed a 2-bedroom constructing in Uso city, the place they arrested one Okon Etim, 45, with 12 baggage of hashish sativa weighing 207kgs.”
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