NDLEA intercepts imported Colorado, nabs suspect with cannabis in Lagos

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 27 parcels of Colorado weighing 13.5kg at the Tincan port in Lagos State.

The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who made the disclosure in a statement issued on Sunday, September 3, 2023, said the seizure was made from a container coming from Toronto via Montreal, Canada, during a joint examination with the officers of the Nigeria Customs Service.

He stated that the Colorado was concealed in a bag hidden in a Ford Edge SUV, which was part of three units of used vehicles and motor parts in the container.

Babafemi added that a suspect, Peter Iwebema, was arrested with 79 and a half bags of cannabis sativa weighing 864.5kg in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Monday, August 28.

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The NDLEA spokesperson stated that the anti-narcotics officers, on Tuesday, August 29, arrested two male suspects – Nafiu Arzika, 30, and Jamilu Aminu, 35 – with 330kg skunk in Sokoto State.

He said another 38-year-old suspect, Ismaila Razak, was nabbed with 34.5kg of the same substance and 9.5 grams of methamphetamine at the Olodo area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday, September 2.

Babafemi added: “Across the states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, NDLEA Commands intensified the Agency’s War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) advocacy campaigns to schools, worship places, palaces, and local communities, among others.

“For instance, the sensitization lectures were conducted at Holy Trinity Gospel Church, Ogbomoso, and for Muslim faithful at Jammatul Nasirul Islam mosque, Ilorin; members of the Association of Hair Stylists in Ado Ekiti; leaders of road transport union in Abeokuta; traders at Kwata market, Awka; pregnant women at primary health care centre, Bonny; Dekara district palace, Babana community in Borgu LGA, and at Noorul Huda Islamiyya School, Kafin Maiyaki.”

In his reaction, the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the officers of the agency for their efforts in drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction activities and charged them to remain steadfast.

The Star