DRUG WAR: NDLEA OPERATIVES RAID DRUG DEN, NABS DISMISSED POLICE OFFICER, DRUG KINGPIN, RECOVERS 22,160KG DRUGS
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a dismissed police officer and five females in connection with 22,160kg of codeine syrup, methamphetamine and cannabis at Apapa seaport and a notorious drug den, Akala, in Mushin.
EONS Intelligence learnt that 14,080kg of codeine syrup and 4,352.43kg of cold caps used to conceal the drugs in a 40-foot container imported from India were intercepted on February 2 at the Apapa port.
The incident was confirmed on Sunday by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi who attributed the successes recorded in the two operations in Lagos State to intelligence from foreign partners and cooperation of other port stakeholders.
According to him “At Akala, NDLEA Strike Force, operatives in their numbers with support from the military stormed fortified warehouses in the drug den and evacuated bags and bottles of cannabis, loud, skunk, skuchies and methamphetamine as well as 17 suspects for further investigation.”
In a related development, the arrest of a female drug kingpin, Jemilat Seriki, who is one of the owners of 12,385 pellets of loud imported from Ghana and intercepted at the Eko Atlantic Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday, November 27, 2021, was also effected.
The NDLEA spokesperson stated that “Seriki, aka Iya Ilorin, admitted to being one of the owners of the consignments seized, adding that her bags of drugs had ‘Jah Bless’ written on them. When eventually identified and sorted, she had 16 bags with the inscription containing drugs weighing 668.85kg.
“In Niger State, a 64-year-old former Divisional Police Officer of Idanre Police Station, Ondo State, who was dismissed from service for drug offences, Monday Chika, has again been arrested with an accomplice, Emmanuel Eniola, 40, with 280 blocks of compressed cannabis, weighing 168kg. They were arrested on Sunday, January 30, in Mokwa, Niger State, after their Toyota Avalon, marked EKY 429 BZ (Lagos), loaded with the substance at Idanre and heading for Kanji, Borgu area of the state, was intercepted.
“At the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, attempts by some traffickers to export different quantities of Methamphetamine to Brazil and United Kingdom were scuttled by narcotic officers at the airport.
“The first bid was made on Friday, January 28, through the SAHCO export shed where operatives intercepted 0.80kg of Meth concealed in relaxer plastic container heading to the UK. A suspect, Akuta Chioma Lucy, who presented the consignment for search, was arrested for further investigation.
“The second attempt was on Friday, February 4, during the outward clearance of passengers at Gate ‘C’ Departure Hall of the airport when an intending male passenger on an Ethiopian airline going to Brazil, Onyeaghala Chidi, was intercepted with 500grams of meth concealed inside three plastic hair relaxer containers.
“Also at the airport, a male passenger, Iliyasu Yushau, coming from Kampala, Uganda, via Nairobi, Kenya, was intercepted by operatives with 268 debit cards belonging to Access Bank, GTBank and Zenith Bank, during the inward clearance of passengers on the flight on Sunday, January 30.
“In Edo State, operatives on Friday, February 4, stormed the Igbogiri forest, Orhionwon LGA and destroyed four dry season cannabis farms measuring 3.067718 hectares, following the evacuation of 20 bags of compressed blocks of cannabis weighing 269.5kg stored in a bush at Uzebba, Owan West LGA, the previous day and the arrest of Afadama James, 42, with 348kg cannabis at Owan, Ovia North East LGA on Wednesday, February 2.”
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Similarly, a 21-year-old student of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Kate Osagie, was apprehended by the operatives in Delta State over a 17.6g designer drug she ordered from Onitsha, Anambra State.
The NDLEA operatives in Plateau intercepted a truck marked, LSD857XB, coming from Ekpoma, Edo State, with 885 blocks of cannabis sativa that weighed 736kg.
In addition, two suspects: Ebunoluwa Babalola, 40, and Sulyman Sheu, 30, were arrested at Ganmo, Ilorin, Kwara State, with 90kg of cannabis, and the sum of N400,000 paid to bribe the arresting officers was reportedly warehoused as part of exhibits for prosecution.
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