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Suspects in NDLEA net over illicit drug deals
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has made major drug busts in Lagos, Katsina.
Operatives of the anti-narcitics agency arrested a 43-year-old man, identified as Arokodare Damil Ebenezer, in Lagos.
The suspect is said to be the owner of Damillionz Takeout, for his allegedly importing 60 parcels of Loud, a high-potency strain of cannabis, from the United States.
The illicit consignment, which was reportedly hidden inside seven large cartons, was intercepted at a logistics company in Lagos on March 12 based on intelligence reports.
Operatives of the NDLEA, on March 24, nabbed the suspect at Bay Lounge on Admiralty Way, Lekki, while waiting to take delivery of the shipment.
A search conducted in his residence unearthed an additional 94 grams of Loud, a cannabis crusher, and other drug-related paraphernalia were found, bringing the total weight of drugs seized to 32.24 kilogrammes.
According to Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA spokesperson, Ebenezer allegedly confessed to engaging in drug trafficking since 2017.
Similarly, one Omoruyi Terry, a businessman, was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, as he was trying to smuggle 1,400 Tramadol pills (225mg) weighing 800 grammes to Italy.
The suspect , who was discovered to operate as a logistics agent and a frequent traveller to Italy, fell into the dragnet of the NDLEA officers at the Terminal 2 screening point, as he prepared to board a Qatar Airways flight.
Also, following an intelligence-led operation in Godai village, Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State, four suspects were also arrested.
The suspects were identified as Baraka Abubakar, Haruna Alitine, Muhammad Babangida, and Hamisu Lawal.
They were nabbed by NDLEA officers, who also recovered 684 blocks of compressed skunk, weighing 423 kilogrammes and 86,000 diazepam tablets from them.
