Crimes

NDLEA intercepts US-bound Meth, arrests pregnant female drug dealer

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled attempts by drug cartels to export 7.805 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine to the United States and Australia.

The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made the disclosure via a statement issued on Sunday.

Babafemi disclosed that the meth consignments were concealed in the linings of local fabric, wooden statutes, printer cartridges, handle of travel bag, and cassava flakes.

He added that a 25-year-old pregnant woman, Haruna Favour, was arrested in Auchi, Edo State on September 9 with 82 pinches of methamphetamine and various quantities of Loud, Arizona, Colorado variants of cannabis, and codeine-based cough syrup.

The NDLEA spokesperson stated that 119,000 tablets and capsules of tramadol, D5, and Exol5 were recovered from two drug dealers, Nasiru Abubakar, aged 22, and Umaru Bayero when the anti-drug agency operatives raided their stores at the Gombe main market in Gombe State on Tuesday.

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“In Kogi, a suspect, Paul Ali, 47, was arrested along Okene-Abuja highway with 1,404 bottles of Codeine based syrup weighing 190.94kg and 2,040 ampoules of pentazocine injection coming from Onitsha to Sokoto. A follow-up operation in Sokoto has also led to the arrest of the receiver of the consignment on Tuesday 6th Sept.

“A raid at the cannabis plantation camp in Emure forest, Owo LGA, Ondo State has led to the arrest of Monday Onoja, 20; Daniel Kehinde, 25; and Obinna Okechukwu, 35, where sixteen (16) bags of the illicit substance weighing 179.5kg were seized from them,” he added.

Speaking on the arrests and seizures, the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the anti-narcotic officers for their resilience.

Marwa further charged them and their compatriots in other commands to remain focused and vigilant in their areas of responsibility.

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