The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have rejected N5 million bribe from one of the two suspected drug dealers arrested in Lagos State.

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made this known via a statement issued on Sunday, March 31, 2024,

Babafemi stated that two suspects, Monday Okeke and Chigozie Emeka, were arrested by the officers of the anti-drug agency in Oniwaya, Yaba, and Agege area of Lagos, where they recovered 842,560 pills of opioids especially tramadol in addition to 15 litres of codeine syrup and 596 grams of Molly from the suspects on Tuesday,  March 26.

He said an attempt by Okeke to bribe the NDLEA officers with N5 million cash was rebuffed while the money was documented as part of exhibits to prosecute the suspects in court.

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The NDLEA spokesperson added that 127.5kg cannabis loaded in a Volkswagen Vento saloon car marked NTT 215 AA was recovered by the anti-narcotic officers along Isua/Kabba Road, Idoani in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Babafemi further disclosed that a 30-year-old female suspect, Chinasa Christopher, was arrested with 400 bottles of codeine syrup in the Sabon Gari area of Kano.

He noted that the owner of a consignment of illicit drugs intercepted along Zaria-Kano Road, Bakura Goni, was arrested at Mile 2 market in Lagos on Tuesday, March 26, in a follow-up operation and flown to Kano to face charges.

According to him, the consignment consisting of cannabis and tramadol weighing 73.8kg was earlier seized in a truck conveying it from Lagos to Kano.

Commending the anti-narcotic officers for their balanced efforts in the past week, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), equally applauded their counterparts across the country for intensifying their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) advocacy lectures.

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