The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a businessman, Augustine Justine Emeka, with 12 consignments of cocaine at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu State.
The 44-year-old businessman, who claimed he deals in copper wire, was arrested at the airport upon his arrival from Douala, Cameroon via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Ethiopia airline with the 12 consignments consisting of 797 pellets of cocaine weighing 17.6 kilograms on Saturday, December 9, 2023.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, December 10.
Babafemi stated that Emeka, during preliminary interview, admitted the cocaine consignments were for delivery to 12 different persons in the country.
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He added that the NDLEA operatives, on Sunday, December 3, intercepted a truck marked BEN 302 YS (Edo), and after a search, 5,612 bottles of codeine-based syrup, 57,800 capsules of tramadol, and 5,100 ampoules of pentazocine injection, among others were recovered in Anambra State.
“The driver, Ambrose Oyamedan, conductors – Samuel Otejere and Obey Jonathan as well as the truck were taken into custody for further investigation. Two ladies: Chiemenam Akusoba, 25, and Chidinma Ibenwa, 28, were also arrested on Saturday 9th December with 15.8503kg of Cocaine, Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cannabis sativa in Umuogbu, Nnobi and Onitsha respectively,” the NDLEA spokesman noted.
Babafemi disclosed that a 20-year-old suspect, Adamu Nuhu, was arrested on Monday, December 3, along Okene- Lokoja- Abuja expressway in Kogi State while coming from Onitsha, Anambra State, enroute Kaduna with 2,700 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 11,900 pills of tramadol 225mg, and 100mg as well as 124,000 tablets of diazepam.
While commending the officers of the anti-drug agency for the arrests and seizures, the Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), urged them and their compatriots across all formations of the agency to maintain the offensive action tempo while creating a balance with their drug demand reduction efforts.
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