Crimes

NDLEA raids warehouse in Edo, recovers drugs hidden in charcoal

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided a warehouse at Obi Camp in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State and recovered 338kgs of cannabis concealed in sacks of charcoal.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, November 26, 2023.

Babafemi noted that the NDLEA operatives carried out the raid on Monday, November 20.

He stated that the anti-narcotics officers, in another operation in Ikhin forest, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State seized 235kgs of cannabis on Saturday, November 25.

He said a 32-year-old suspect, Onah Kenneth Ikechukwu, was arrested at Jattu in the Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State with 11,690 capsules of tramadol, 295 bottles of codeine syrup and various quantities of molly, cannabis, and methamphetamine on Wednesday, November 22.

The NDLEA spokesman added that a similar raid at Enu Owa Street in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State on Wednesday, November 22, led to the recovery of 40,500 ampoules of pentazocine injection and 440,000 pills of tramadol in a store belonging to a suspect, Ebuka Amechi, who is currently at large.

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Babafemi disclosed that 135,600 capsules of tramadol and 950grams of cannabis were seized from two suspects – Afamefuna Ibekwe, 37, and Sunday Onweh, 41 – at Nkpor, Akuzor, and Ose-Ogbaijo in Onitsha, Anambra State.

He added: “Commands across the 36 states and the FCT equally continued their War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, sensitisation lectures in schools, communities, workplaces, and others.

“Some of these include WADA sensitisation lecture for students and staff of Comprehensive High School, Abia, Udi LGA, Enugu; teachers and students of Dr. Nuhu Sanusi Junior/Senior  Secondary School, Dutse, Jigawa; students of Haneef High School, Jos, Plateau; students of Akinorun Muslim Grammar School, Ikirun, Osun; students of Zaibadari Michika Primary, Junior and Senior Secondary School, Michika, Adamawa; and students of Madarasatul-Islamiya Baichin Kako, Marna Gusau, Zamfara state, among others.”

The Star

Segun Ojo

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