The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 42-year-old lawyer, Mr. Mayowa Oluwanisomo, in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State for dealing in Tramadol.

The lawyer was arrested in the Moferere area of the Ekiti State capital on Monday, March 28, 2022, following credible intelligence that he deals in psychotropic substances.

This was revealed via a statement issued and made available to The Star on Wednesday by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi.

He stated that a total of 11, 570 tablets of Tramadol weighing 7.3kilograms were recovered from the lawyer when his residence was searched by the NDLEA officers.

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Babafemi added that the arrested lawyer admitted ownership of the drug exhibits and revealed that he graduated from Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti and Abuja campus of the Nigerian Law School in 2016.

Meanwhile, a professional methamphetamine (Mkpuru Mmiri) cook, Reuben Bekweri, has been arrested by the NDLEA officers in Owerri, Imo State.

According to the anti-drug spokesman, the methamphetamine cook, aged 34, was arrested while trying to distribute a kilogram of the illicit drug he cooked and packaged in seven nylon sachets in the Irete area of Imo State capital on Saturday, March 26, 2022.

Speaking on the arrests, the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the officers of Imo and Ekiti State Command of the Agency for sustaining the offensive action against drug cartels in their respective areas of responsibility.

The Star