NDLEA recovers illicit drugs in Ekiti, Lagos, Taraba raids

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recovered illicit drugs from various suspects in raids across Ekiti, Edo, Gombe, Lagos, and Taraba States.

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this via a statement issued on Sunday.

Babafemi said the anti-narcotic officers, on December 22, set ablaze tons of skunk, a strain of cannabis and wooden warehouses in Ara forest, Ara-Ekiti, where 638 kilograms of same psychoactive substance were also recovered.

He stated that 1,205 blocks of compressed cannabis sativa weighing 883.1kg were recovered from three Toyota Camry vehicles intercepted by NDLEA operatives on patrol along Igara-Auchi road, Edo State, on December 22.

“In Cross River state, raid operations conducted on Sunday, 21st December at Agoi-Ibami community, Yakurr LGA, led to the arrest of three suspects and seizure of various quantities of skunk,” Babafemi disclosed.

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Babafemi added that a 42-year-old woman, Joy Oisamaye, was arrested with 38kg skunk by NDLEA operatives on patrol along Abaji-Abuja expressway on December 22 on her way from Otua in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State.

He noted that a female suspect, Ajoke Dauda, was also apprehended with 45.5kg skunk on Christmas Day at Agbara, along the Badagry expressway in Lagos State.

He added that two other suspects ― Emmanuel Danladi, 39, and John Onoja, 41 ― were nabbed with 48kg of same substance in the Takum area of Taraba State on December 23.

The NDLEA spokesman revealed that a 65-year-old driver, Sada’u Mohammed, was arrested in Gombe State while conveying 300 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 27,900 pills of tramadol, and other opioids along Gombe-Biu highway, heading to Biu in Borno State.

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