The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 22-year-old HND 1 female student of Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro in Ogun State, Isoyo Iveren-Susan, for dealing in illicit drugs.
The student was arrested on Saturday, April 15, opposite the 2nd Gate of the polytechnic.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this via a statement issued on Sunday, April 16.
Babafemi revealed that 1,100ML of codeine-based cough syrup and 283grams of cannabis were recovered from Iveren-Susan.
“This is just as operatives in Lagos arrested two suspects: Nonso Peter, 21, and Bright Chibike, 23, with 43.4 kilogrammes of cannabis at Ile-Epo, Abule Egba area of the state on Friday 14th April.
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“In Katsina State, no less than 1,730 bottles of codeine-based syrup were seized from a suspect, Bishir Sa’adu in Katsina metropolis on Sunday, April 9.
“Also, one Muhamadu Yusuf was equally arrested same day with 8,000 capsules of tramadol inside a commercial bus along Kano-Katsina road,” he said.
Babafemi added that the NDLEA operatives, in Kaduna State on Thursday, raided a clandestine laboratory where mist potassium citrate was being produced in a residential apartment at 16, Sabon Gari, Zaria.
He said the owner of the laboratory, Christopher Agodi, was arrested with 102 cartons containing 2,448 bottles of the substance.
He stated that another 25-year-old suspect, Salisu Abdullahi, was arrested along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway with 11.7kg cannabis concealed in two jerrycans, which he was conveying from Port Harcourt to Kano.
The NDLEA spokesperson added that one Atiku Abubakar, aged 22, was also arrested on Saturday, April 15, along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway with 50 blocks of cannabis weighing 28kg while travelling from Lagos to Shinkafi in Zamfara State in a commercial bus.
“Similarly, anti-narcotic officers acting on a tip-off, arrested two suspects: Aminu Saudi, 45, and Abdullahi Sani, 35, at Ogbese, Ondo State, with 11 jumbo bags containing 211kg of cannabis concealed in rice chaff.
“This was closely followed by the destruction of six hectares of cannabis farm in Uso forest in the state on Thursday, April 13,” Babafemi disclosed.
The NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen Mohammed Marwa (Retd), commended the officers of the anti-drug agency for the arrests and seizures, urging them and their compatriots across Nigeria to remain focused and continue the current drug supply and demand reduction efforts.
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