The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) raided a shop, Bolak Motors at Ewela bus stop in the Oshodi area of Lagos State and recovered bags of 615.2kg cannabis with nine vehicles.

The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, made the disclosure via a statement issued on Sunday.

Babafemi said efforts were ongoing to track the car dealer, Alhaji Ismail who is currently at large.

He added that no fewer than eight suspects were arrested while bags of illicit drugs were seized from them when Akerele area of Agege, Shogunle and Mafoluku areas of Oshodi, Fagba area of Ogba, Ipodo area of Ikeja, and Iyana Ipaja park were raided by the NDLEA operatives.

He disclosed that two suspected fake security agents taking 14kg cannabis to Maiduguri, Borno State were intercepted along Potiskum- Damaturu road, Yobe State.

The anti-narcotic agency spokesman said one Adetula Olarenwaju was arrested with four blocks of the substance on Thursday on his way from Lagos, adding that one Sadiq Garba returning from Gombe State was nabbed with 22 blocks of the substance on Saturday.

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“In Edo, Abu Segun Sunday was arrested with 48.4kg cannabis at Idk quarter, Ibilo, while Rosemary Afekhuai was caught with 1,130 tramadol caps, among others at Oluma quarters, Otuo, Owan East LGA.

“In Delta, Mustapha Isah, was arrested at Oko Market with 9, 800 Tramadol caps weighing 6.4kg while NDLEA operatives in Kaduna also nabbed Chinedu Onnuka, at Narayi Kaduna with 33,000 tablets of Bromazepam.

No fewer than 80 blocks of cannabis sativa were recovered from an abandoned tricycle with reg. no: BAU 70 WL while 25,000 tablets of exol-5 were seized from a dealer, Usman Muhammed who was nabbed along Bauchi-Gombe road.

“A raid operation at a market in Mubi, Adamawa state on Wednesday 24th Aug led to the seizure of 62,360 tablets of tramadol, diazepam, and exol-5 while two suspects, Sirajo Idris and Anas Abubakar were arrested same day with 107 pallets of cannabis at Kamba, a border town in Kebbi State. The skunk weighing 90kg was smuggled in from Benin Republic,” Babafemi added.

Speaking on the arrests and seizures, the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the anti-drug agency officers just as he charged them and their compatriots across the country not to rest on their oars.

The Star