The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized about 88,734 doses of Tramadol, Pentazocine, Diazepam, and Swinol, following raids in Kano, Kaduna, Benue, and Akwa Ibom states.
In Kano State, a 28-year-old man, Aliyu Usman, was arrested at the Railway area of Kano with 47,000 capsules of Tramadol and 2,000 ampules of Pentazocine injection on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, while Saminu Usman, aged 28, was nabbed with 24,710 Tramadol tablets at Gadar Tamburawa area of the state capital days earlier.
The arrests were made known via a statement issued and made available to The Star on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi.
Babafemi stated that another drug dealer, Emeka Eze, was arrested at an NDLEA checkpoint at Adikpo in the Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State with 10,000 Tramadol capsules and 900 tablets of Swinol.
He noted that the duo of Raphael Daniel and David Musa were arrested at Mando park in Kaduna with 1kg of cocaine on Thursday, April 21.
“A week after Muhammad Sani Ibrahim sent 12.1kg of cannabis from Lagos to Kaduna, operatives were able to trace and arrest him last Thursday and brought him to Kaduna after his consignment was intercepted.
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“Another dealer, Kamilu Ibrahim was also arrested same day at Kargi village in Kubau LGA, Kaduna State with 10.6kg Cannabis Sativa, while Bashir Ibrahim was arrested on Friday 22nd April after his four consignments containing Cannabis Sativa weighing 44.6kg were intercepted three days earlier along Abuja-Kaduna express road,” the NDLEA spokesperson added.
He further stated that the anti-narcotic operatives arrested two female drug dealers, Eno-Obong Edet, aged 36, and Hossana Esema Ukpong, aged 28, with various quantities of Rohypnol, Diazepam, Tramadol and Cannabis in Akwa Ibom State.
Babafemi added that a suspected fake security agent was arrested on Saturday, April 23 in Abuja while moving 23.8kg of cannabis from Lagos to Maiduguri, Borno State.
Speaking on the arrests, the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended the officers of the agency for “sustaining the heat on drug cartels”.
He charged them and those in other commands across the country to remain vigilant and on the offensive until the last gram of illicit drugs is taken away from the streets.
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