The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a woman, Aisha Isah, with 266 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition along the Abuja–Kaduna expressway in Kaduna State.
The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
Babafemi noted that the woman was apprehended by NDLEA officers on patrol at the toll gate on the expressway.
Babafemi added that a 68-year-old man, Ifeanyi Egwolonwu, was arrested at Gwargwaje, Zaria in Kaduna State, with 2,770 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 100 ampoules of diazepam injection, 11,000 tablets of diazepam, and 4,500 tablets of Exol-5.
“In Ondo State, NDLEA operatives on Sunday 25th October acting on credible intelligence raided cannabis farms in Ijare forest, where they arrested four suspects including Bassey Okon, 24; Abraham Edet, 20; and Oto Udo, 24. A total of 16 bags of processed cannabis weighing 180 kilograms were recovered from the farms,” he said.
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Babafemi stated that the NDLEA continued its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities in schools, worship centres, workplaces, and communities, among others, in the past week.
Babafemi listed the activities to include WADA enlightenment lecture to students and staff of Obawole Grammar School 11, Ojodu, Lagos State; Nsukka High School, Nsukka, Enugu State; Government Technical College, Dorayi Babba Rijiyar Zaki, Gwale LGA, Kano State; and Ajagbe Comprehensive High School, Iperu in Ogun State; among others.
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