The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency operatives in Abuja conducted a stop and search operation at Utako area of the FCT on Thursday, 11th September, resulting in the arrest of a dispatch rider, Godsplan Vincent, 29, who was attempting to distribute 50.7grams of cocaine and 66grams of Loud. Also, three female suspects: Faidat Azeez, 25; Alanu Fatimoh, 40, and Mojeed Taiwo, 25, were arrested in Lagbondoko and Akitan areas of Oyo town, Oyo State, following the seizure of 17kg skunk in their possession.
A raid operation at Obosi in Anambra state resulted in the arrest of Nzube Onyedika, 41, and Ebele Onyedika, 42, with 13.9kg of Methamphetamine and 5.3kg of skunk recovered from them, and various quantities of meth, tramadol, swinol, heroin, and skunk seized from Nnamchi Tochukwu, 36.
A seizure operation by NDLEA operatives resulted in the confiscation of no fewer than 100,000 pills of tramadol 200mg/225mg from Musa Shuaibu, a 38-year-old suspect, at Gadar Tamburawa, along the Zaria-Kano road on Monday, September 8th, in addition to the recovery of 196 litres of Akuskura, a novel psychoactive substance, from Abubakar Adamu, 35, at Na’ibawa area of Kano, and the seizure of 34.1kg skunk, 493 tubes of rubber solution, and 25 litres of ‘suck and die’, an NPS, from Basiru Umar, 18, at Wailari area, Kumbotso LGA, Kano state on Thursday, September 11th.
In Edo state, a total of 16,966.633 kilograms of skunk were destroyed on a cannabis plantation measuring 6.786653 hectares at Ugbogyi forest, Ovia South West LGA while 112 bags of processed cannabis weighing 1,176 kilograms were also recovered at the farm where four suspects: Ebenezer Ewang; Oshore John; Emmanuel Monday and David Sunday were arrested.
In like manner, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization activities to schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week. These include: WADA sensitization lecture to drivers at Onitsha South Motors park, Enugu North, Enugu state; Islamic faithful at Otu Central Mosque, Otu, Oyo state; students and staff of Salamah International School, Malumfashi, Katsina; Islamic faithful at Wawa Central Mosque, Wawa town, Niger state, while the Ogun state command of NDLEA paid a WADA advocacy visit to the Osile Oke-Ona Egba, Oba Adedapo Adewale Tejuosho, Karounwi III, among others.
Credit : NDLEA
