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JUST IN: NDLEA Reveals Reason For Lagos Island Raid

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3 years ago

Feb 26, 2022.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday said its operatives were attacked during an operation to arrest a major drug kingpin at Petty Area of Lagos Island.
There was pandemonium when operatives of the agency stormed areas including Patey, Dumare, Tapa, Freeman and its environs.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that in several videos shared on the social networking platforms, Twitter, many residents scampered for safety.
In one of the videos seen by EKO HOT BLOG, there were sporadic shootings as hoodlums engaged the NDLEA operatives.

It was learnt that the operatives of the anti-drug agency, acting on reliable intelligence, stormed the areas of notorious elements for all manner of drug use.

According to a tweet by the agency “A lot of fake narratives have been going on what happened at Petty area of Lagos Island earlier today. Please disregard them.

Truth is our operatives went for the arrest of a major drug kingpin and we got her and 5 others with almost 6,000kg of drugs despite attacks on our men,” a post on NDLEA’s official Twitter handle reads.

NDLEA is a Federal law enforcement agency in Nigeria under the Federal Ministry of Justice charged with eliminating the growing, processing, manufacturing, selling, exporting, and trafficking of hard drugs. The agency was established by Decree Number 48 of 1989.

The NDLEA is present in international airports, seaports, and border crossings. It also targets the leaders of narcotics and money laundering organizations.

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