The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recovered quantities of illicit drugs, including cocaine, heroin, meth, swinol, and cannabis concealed in plastic tables from a 45-year-old man, Godwin Ejiro, at Uyiwnendi, Ikpoba Oka Local Government Area of Edo State.
The drugs were recovered from Ejiro during a raid on his residence in Uyiwnendi on Saturday, June 17.
The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made the disclosure via a statement issued on Sunday, June 18.
Babafemi added that the NDLEA officers also arrested a 30-year-old suspect, John Emmanuel, with 81kg cannabis in Ofosu, Ondo State.
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He disclosed that Emmanuel was arrested on Thursday, June 15, adding that the operatives of the anti-drug agency on same day nabbed Gideon Akoh at Ala forest where a total of nine hectares of farm were destroyed and 12kg harvested substance recovered.
The NDLEA spokesperson added: “While 93.7kg of the psychoactive substance was evacuated from a shop in Enugu metropolis on Saturday 17th June, a wanted notorious dealer, Kwada Vendi, 37, was arrested with 30.6kg cannabis at Mamari, Maiduguri, Borno State on Tuesday 13th June.
“In Bauchi State, 87,000 pills of tramadol and exol-5 were recovered from a suspect, Tony Ogbonna, 40, by NDLEA operatives at Yelwa, Bauchi town on Saturday 17th June.
“A total of 13,800 pills tramadol consignment abandoned by a suspect going to Geidam, Yobe State was recovered at Yankaba Park, Kano on Wednesday 14th June, while same day in Benue state, a suspect, Chidera Gabriel was arrested with 22,100 pills of the same pharmaceutical opioid at an NDLEA checkpoint in Vandeikya.”
In his reaction, the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the officers of the anti-drug agency for their vigilance and professionalism in the discharge of their responsibilities.
Marwa also charged them and their colleagues across the country not to rest on their oars.
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