Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) have seized over 2,060 kilograms of assorted hard drugs including substances like heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis, tramadol and rohypnol in various operations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos as well as in other places like Ondo, Edo, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau and some courier companies.

Two consignments of heroin weighing 4.40kg and 550grams were intercepted at the cargo shed of the MMIA, Ikeja. The first, at the SAHCO import shed of the airport and concealed in grocery bags from Johannesburg, South Africa via Addis Ababa. 

Two suspects, Chukwuemeka Ugochukwu, a freight agent who cleared the consignment and one Kabiru Aminu, a stock keeper that was to collect the cargo for onward distribution to recipients were arrested for further investigation. Another suspect, Adeoya Segun Joy, who was to collect the luggage from Kabiru Aminu was arrested at Ajao estate while Enahoro Emmanuel Annointing who was also assigned to collect the consignment was nabbed in Abule-Egba area of Lagos. 

One suspect, Ekpe Samson Victor, a freight forwarding agent was nabbed at over a second consignment discovered at the SAHCO export shed, concealed in walls of ten cartons laced with tailoring materials, heading to Malaysia via Addis Ababa on Ethiopian cargo airline.

Attempts by another freight agent, Igwe Okoye Onwukwe to export two consignments of cannabis to the United Kingdom was foiled by NDLEA operatives. He was arrested with a carton of 16.55kg ofcannabis meant for export to the UK at the NAHCO. Another consignment of 15.85kg cannabis also heading to UK was intercepted.

In Ondo state, two persons; Uchenna Obodo Ali and Tochukwu Eno, were arrested with 302kg of cannabis when operatives raided a warehouse this weekend in Emure forest, Owo LGA of Ondo State. Likewise, a driver, Mohammed Haruna was arrested with 10,161 sachets of Tramadol and Rohypnol tablets and capsules while conveying the drugs in a bus to a yet to be known distribution.

A suspected fake Soldier, Abiodun Ademoya, from Akure South in Ondo state was arrested in Zaria with 11.6kg of cannabis. In Plateaj State, Operatives intercepted a Yola bound bus, with registration number FKY 341 ZA belonging to Gombe Express coming from Lagos, along Jos-Abuja Road, within Riyom LGA. One of the passengers, Ahmad Musa Musa, was found in possession of 22 pellets of compressed Cannabis Sativa with a total weight of 15kg concealed inside a black bag. 

In what Operetives described as one of the mosy audacious move of all the suspects, a nursing mother, Mariam Drissu was arrested at the Edo state Command headquarters of the Agency on Thursday 21st October while trying to smuggle drugs into the cell for a suspect in custody. Officers on duty had while searching the food brought by Mariam for her relation in custody discovered two cups of "Loud" cannabis weighing 13grams concealed inside the food meant for the suspect in custody. 

In the same vein, officers of the Edo State Command also on Thursday raided a Cannabis farm measuring 3.210691 hectares, in Ayegunle forest, Akoko Edo area of the state, destroyed the plantation and evacuated 100 bags of harvested cannabis weighing 1,639kg, while a suspect, Samuel Ochonogor was arrested in the forest with 66.7kg of cannabis.

Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) urged the men and officers of the agency across the country to continue to keep their eyes on the goal until all the drug cartels in the country are totally dismantled.

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