The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced that it has intercepted a truckload of illegal drugs, including a 40-foot trailer loaded with skunk, a strain of cannabis, and weighing 2,217.6 kilograms.
NDLEA stated that through its gallant officers who went on the intelligence-led operation, they were able to stop the illegal drugs from being distributed into smaller cars for proper distribution to several locations.
The truck was trying to distribute into six vehicles at an abandoned fuel station in Kagini, Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
Femi Babafemi, Director of Media & Advocacy at NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja, issued a statement stating that they had not seized the large illicit consignment but also the trailer and the six vehicles: a Toyota Van, Toyota Camry, Toyota Sienna bus, JAC 4-wheel-drive Hilux truck, Toyota Corolla, and a Vento Passat.
Babafemi said, “No fewer than 20 wraps of cocaine weighing 330 grams were recovered from a cargo going to Australia at a logistics firm in Lagos by officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) in NDLEA. The cocaine parcels were concealed within face cream containers in the shipment.
“A total of 338,200 bottles of codeine-based syrup, worth more than 1,190,168,200 Naira in street value, were intercepted in two containers watchlisted by the agency following processed intelligence.
“The illicit consignments were discovered during a joint examination of the containers by NDLEA operatives, Customs, and other security agencies on Thursday, January 9, and Friday, January 10, 2025, at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers State.
“In Lagos, the traditional chief priest of the Igunuko shrine, Alpha Beach Ajah Lekki, where 2,760 kg of skunk was recovered on October 25, 2024, Bariu Aliu (alias Malo) has been arrested by NDLEA operatives after a manhunt lasting over three months. Though two of his accomplices were arrested at the shrine last year and have since been charged and convicted, Bariu was said to be the leader of the syndicate.
“A suspect, Habibu Ya’u (23), was nabbed by NDLEA officers who raided Gadar Tamburawa, Zaria Road, Kano, on Thursday, January 9, where they recovered 45 blocks of cannabis weighing 24.2 kg and 40,800 pills of opioids, including tramadol.
In a high praise for the successful bust, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended the officers and men of DOGI, FCT, PHPC, Lagos, and Kano Commands of the agency for the arrests and seizures.
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