NDLEA intercepts bandits’ drug suppliers, nabs 2 kingpins

By Kingsley Omonobi

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says its operatives person intercepted large cause consignments destined for terrorists and bandits successful Borno and Yobe states, arresting suppliers and 2 notorious cause kingpins successful Lagos.

According to the agency, Baba Kaka Ibrahim, 26, was arrested astatine Njimtilo village, Borno, connected September 27, portion driving a Mercedes Benz GLK with 39,380 pills of tramadol and exol-5 hidden successful the motor compartment. The aforesaid day, operatives successful Yobe nabbed Halima Adamu with 39 parcels of Colorado (1.4kg) concealed successful her bag, starring to the apprehension of her accomplice, Habiba Muhammad, successful Maiduguri.

In Kano, Aliyu Sani, 27, and Yahaya Tata, 26, were arrested with 30,030 tramadol pills. Similarly, successful Lagos, the NDLEA Special Operations Unit arrested 2 wanted cause kingpins, Victor Nwosa, 64, and Felix Chika Obiegbu, 49, seizing consignments of heroin, cocaine, and meth from their homes aft weeks of surveillance.

Other arrests crossed the state include: Bayelsa: Three suspects with 12kg of skunk and 50 cartridges; Ekiti: Ex-convict, Femi Owoeye, with 32kg of skunk; , Kaduna: A fishy with 262.6kg skunk successful a Honda Pilot jeep; Gombe: Babangida Mohammed, 25, arrested with meth consignment, Abuja: 40-year-old fishy caught with 2.1kg Colorado; Edo: 24,146kg of cannabis destroyed connected farmlands successful Esan West and Igueben LGAs; 1,025kg intercepted successful a motortruck on Wareke-Auchi road.

NDLEA Chairman, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended officers crossed the states for their resilience.“Every gram of these unsafe drugs seized reinforces our determination to support youths, disrupt transgression networks, and safeguard nationalist security,” Marwa said.

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