By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
Two clearing agents are now cooling their heels in the net of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over their alleged involvement in the importation of 24 kilograms of cannabis indica, popularly known as Colorado, concealed in imported used cars from Canada.
The illicit substance was discovered on Thursday, May 11, 2023, during a joint 100% examination of a container marked, MSMU 7412069, at the Prime Connection Bonded Terminal, off Oshodi-Apapa expressway, Lagos.
The two clearing agents linked with the container, Chief G.O. Njokwu and Mr. Christopher Obialor, were arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in collaboration with men of the Nigeria Customs Service attached to the Tincan Island Port Command.
This was contained in a statement issued by the anti-narcotic agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi today.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives raided two notorious drug joints, Zaro bunk in Bama road, Sabongari and the Sani Abacha indoor stadium, both in Kano metropolis where a total of 160 suspects were arrested with different quantities of illicit substances.
Also, two suspects: Abubakar Sallau, 55, and Nazifi Abdullahi, 25, were arrested on Saturday 13th May, along Kano-Maiduguri road, with 5,000 pills of Tramadol 200mg, while a total of 65,200 tablets of tramadol and exol-5 were seized from the duo of Adamu Nagati, 30, and Ali Nasiru, 35.
This is even as operatives in Abuja also arrested 25 suspects in raids across Tora Bora, Gwarinpa village, 3rd avenue in Gwarinpa, Karamo, Garki market, Sabongari Bwari and New Kucigoro IDP camp, within the FCT.
A female suspect, Fatima Hassan was arrested on Friday 12th May at Agege, Lagos with 33.5kg of cannabis sativa, while 44kg of the same substance was recovered same day from the Lagos Island warehouse of a fleeing drug dealer.
The statement further read: “The previous day, Thursday 11th May, another suspect, Peter Joseph was arrested along Lagos/ibadan expressway with 10,000 pills of Tramadol 250mg and 1,500 tablets of Rohypnol concealed inside his Toyota Sienna vehicle, with registration number NRK 961XB.
“Similarly, a total of 68, 300 pills of various opioids mainly tramadol were recovered from one Bello Nasiru Usman when the truck conveying the illicit drugs was intercepted in Awka, Anambra state”.
In the same vein, 460,000mls of Akuskura in 7,800 bottles were seized from a dealer, Mohammed Kyari, 42, when he was arrested in Gamboru Ngala town, Jere LGA, Borno on Wednesday 10th May.
“While NDLEA operatives supported by soldiers raided the hideout of a notorious drug dealer, Jimoh Lekan (aka ‘komokomo’) in Owode, Ogun state where 134kg cannabis was recovered from his store on Thursday 11th May, their counterparts in Plateau state on Tuesday 9th May arrested a suspect Bashir Usman, 32, at the Gangare Area of Jos, with 43.951kg of cannabis”.
