NDLEA Apprehends 6-Month Pregnant Woman, Along With 23 Other Suspected Drug Suppliers By Kingsley Omonobi

NDLEA Apprehends 6-Month Pregnant Woman, Along With 23 Other Suspected Drug Suppliers By Kingsley Omonobi

In a series of major interdiction operations conducted by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) last week, a six-month pregnant woman, a mother of three, and three other females, along with a 42-year-old man, were among 24 individuals suspected of drug trafficking and dealing…..READ MORE

These arrests culminated in the confiscation of over 7,609 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs across eight states. The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed that a substantial quantity of concealed opioid pills was intended to be transported to an insurgent/terrorist enclave in the Banki area of Borno State.

Babafemi stated, “The majority of the seizures occurred in Nasarawa State, where NDLEA operatives, acting on credible intelligence on February 4, intercepted a truck with license plate Lagos JJJ 64 YC. The truck was conveying 367 jumbo bags of cannabis sativa weighing 4,037 kilograms from Akure, Ondo State, destined for delivery at Shabu area of Lafia, the state capital. Three suspects, Shuaibu Liman, 35; Monday Audu, 33; and Linus Samuel, 42, were apprehended in connection with the seizure.

“On the following day, February 5, operatives in Abuja, FCT, apprehended Jibrin Shuaibu, 23, and Prosper Innih, 17, with 169 bags and 80 blocks of compressed cannabis sativa weighing 1,961.5 kilograms concealed in a truck with license plate Ogun WDE 557 XC. The truck was intercepted during a routine stop and search operation on the Abaj-Abuja highway while en route from Uzeba to Dei-Dei, FCT.

“During another operation by NDLEA operatives in Abuja on February 6, a suspect, Abdulhameed Dauda, 27, was arrested with 89 kilograms of the same psychoactive substance loaded into his truck in Owo, Ondo State, intended for delivery at Gwagwalada in FCT.

“On the same day, operatives also intercepted another driver, Hassan Ade, 30, transporting 696.5 kilograms of the same substance, loaded in Idoani, Ondo State, to be delivered at Gwagwalada and Dei-Dei in FCT. A subsequent operation led to the arrest of Mrs. Joy Chukwuka, 42, a mother of three children, linked with the consignment.

“In Ondo State, besides the seizure of 633.5 kilograms of cannabis at Eleyere, Ogbese in Akure North LGA, NDLEA operatives also recovered 59 jumbo bags of the same substance loaded in a truck marked GAD 287 XA, headed to the Northern part of the country. Detergents were sprayed on the cannabis bags ostensibly to suppress the odor of the psychoactive weed, while 192 packs of table water were loaded on top to conceal the illicit consignment.”