Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted one Igbo – Igunuko shrine located at the Alfa Beach, Ajah area of Lagos State......READ THE FULL STORY>>.....READ THE FULL STORY>>
It was learnt that jumbo bags of Ghanaian Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 2,760kg were recovered during the raid on Friday, October 25.
Two suspects including Gbenga Abiodun and Sunday Abiodun were arrested.
Also, another suspect, Ademola Oyelakin was apprehended same day with 770kg of the same psychoactive substance along Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
“A total of 11,786 pills of tramadol, molly, rohypnol and diazepam as well as 64 bottles of codeine syrup were recovered from the underground storage a suspect, Muhammad Warnos Abdullahi dug in his bedroom at Marwa Coastal road, Lekki Phase 1 Lagos when NDLEA officers raided his home on Friday 25th October. The suspect dug the illicit drug storage deep in his room, covered it with padlocked iron slate, a rug and then put his mattress on top to avoid detection,” Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, stated this in a statement issued on Sunday.
He added that, “In Plateau, a suspect Fadan Bindom, 39, was arrested at Pilgani village in possession of 65.85kg cannabis and 18 grams of tramadol, while another suspect Sunday Agbata, 42, was nabbed at Pavwei – Rayfield Jos South LGA with 5,830 tablets and ampoules of bromazepam, diazepam and pentazocine injection on Wednesday 23rd October.“
“A major distributor of illicit drugs in FCT Abuja, Umar Muhammed, 40, was on Monday 21st October nabbed following the earlier seizure of a consignment of 198.5kg cannabis linked to him at Wuse market park.
“In Edo state, NDLEA operatives recovered 640kg cannabis concealed in 80 jumbo bags of fresh vegetables at Ewu junction, Irrua, Esan Central LGA and arrested a suspect, Austin Oruamen, 27, while another suspect Adereti Kazeem, 35, was nabbed with 200 blocks of cannabis weighing 133kg at Obalayan, Ile-Ife, Osun state on Thursday 24th October,” Babafemi added.
