The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled an attempt by three suspects to smuggle opioids including codeine, molly, tramadol, and diazepam weighing 73.425 kilograms to the creeks in the Southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa State.
The illicit drugs intercepted by NDLEA officers on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, were concealed in jumbo sacks and conveyed to the jetty in a tricycle.
The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday, March 31.
Babafemi identified the suspects as Ebuka Eze, 31; Ugochukwu Okoro, 44; and 27-year-old Kingsley Uzim.
He disclosed that the NDLEA operatives at Swali jetty in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, arrested Ebuka and Ugochukwu, while Uzim was nabbed in the Amasoma area of the state in a follow-up operation.
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He noted that two suspects, Eniola Muyideen and Bankole Shuaib, were also arrested with 137 blocks of cannabis weighing 71kg during a raid at Orile Imo, Ogun State, on Friday, March 29.
The NDLEA spokesman added that the anti-narcotic officers also recovered 39,980 pills of tramadol from a 33-year-old suspect, Abubakar Mohammed, in Lankaviri village, Taraba State.
Babafemi said another 29-year-old suspect, Apaji Vincent, was arrested with 131kg of Cannabis Sativa in the Wukari area of Taraba State on Thursday, March 28.
Babafemi further revealed that a 28-year-old suspect, Nwachukwuu Chinedu, was arrested on Friday, March 29, at Akara Ahuba in Isikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State.
The NDLEA spokesperson listed items recovered from the suspect to include 46.65kg cannabis and different quantities of tramadol, methamphetamine, and Rohypnol as well as N71,500 monetary exhibit.
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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