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NDLEA intercepts tramadol, cannabis in Kaduna, Yobe

May 8, 2022

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted large consignments of psychoactive substances in parts of North-West, North-East, and North-Central regions of the country.

The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, made this known via a statement issued and made available to The Star on Sunday.

Babafemi noted that a drug dealer, Obinna Anene, popularly called Young Alhaji, was arrested on Friday, May 6 at the Buwaya area of Kaduna State with 50,000 tablets of diazepam weighing 9kg; 595 tablets of tramadol weighing 318grams and 8 tablets of co-codamol weighing 6grams.

He stated that a trafficker, Alhaji Modu Yahaya, was also arrested on Friday with 26.5kg cannabis in Damaturu, Yobe State while travelling in a commercial vehicle from Abuja to Maiduguri, Borno state.

The NDLEA spokesperson added that nine drug dealers were arrested by the anti-drug operatives in Lagos on Thursday, May 5 during raids in black spots in Mushin Olosha and Akala as well as Langbasa and Ikota in the Ajah area of the state with different quantities of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis, and Skuchies.

Those arrested include Kehinde Ilori, Osho Demola Nurudeen, Kamarudeen Isiaka, Kazeem Ishola, Afeez Adebolade, Oguntana Aduragbemi, Chuks Alowai, Mrs. Bola Kazeem, and Kehinde Ogunleye

Babafemi noted that the NDLEA operatives, on Saturday, May 7, intercepted a truck carrying 673.3kg cannabis along Bassa/Rukuba Barracks Road in Jos, Plateau State while the driver and his assistant fled into the bush.

He added that two dealers, Manga Emmanuel and Yusuf Usman, were arrested in other parts of the Plateau State capital with 34 pinches of cocaine and 400grams of cannabis at old airport and Rikkos respectively.

Meanwhile, the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has commended anti-narcotic officers for the arrests and seizures.

Marwa urged the NDLEA operatives across the country to sustain the heat on drug cartels as well as balance their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.