NDLEA busts major drug rings in 7 states, arrests 15 suspects
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NDLEA operatives on patrol along the Abuja–Jos highway in Kaduna intercepted a consignment of 84,710 tramadol capsules on October 26. The drugs were reportedly being transported from Onitsha to Bauchi, and a follow-up operation led to the arrest of the intended recipient.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted large drug consignments across seven states, Kaduna, Edo, Kwara, Ogun, Taraba, Ondo, and Bauchi, leading to the arrest of over 15 suspects.
The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement released on Sunday in Abuja.
According to him, NDLEA operatives on patrol along the Abuja–Jos highway in Kaduna intercepted a consignment of 84,710 tramadol capsules on October 26. The drugs were reportedly being transported from Onitsha to Bauchi, and a follow-up operation led to the arrest of the intended recipient.
Two days later, another suspect was arrested along the Abuja–Kaduna highway with 32,946 bottles of Akuskura, a new psychoactive substance, reportedly smuggled from Lagos.
In Ogun State, three suspects were arrested in Abeokuta after being tracked from the Benin Republic. NDLEA recovered 1,779kg of skunk from them. Another 30-year-old suspect was caught with 131.5kg of skunk in Igabi LGA, Kaduna.
In Bauchi, operatives seized 596.4kg of skunk in Ningi LGA, while in Kwara State, 532,600 pills of tramadol and Exol-5 were recovered from three suspects in Ilorin.
In Edo State, NDLEA officers intercepted two Toyota Sienna buses carrying 1,455kg of skunk, while in Ondo, they seized a total of 2,829kg of skunk linked to a 32-year-old female suspect in Ogbese. Another suspect was arrested with 737kg of the same substance in Akure.
The agency also seized 76.5 litres of skuchies, a mixture of black currant, skunk, and opioids in Badagry, Lagos, and arrested two suspects in Taraba with 30,370 tramadol pills and 177 grams of methamphetamine.
Babafemi added that NDLEA commands across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) campaign, holding sensitisation lectures in schools and communities in Oyo, Lagos, Sokoto, Jigawa, and Kano states.
NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd.), praised the officers for their professionalism and commitment, assuring that the agency will keep targeting and dismantling drug syndicates nationwide.
He also vowed that the agency would ensure all assets traced to drug traffickers are forfeited to the Federal Government.
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