- National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives intercepted a building materials truck concealing a massive cache of opioids, including over 320,000 tramadol capsules.
- 75-year-old grandfather was arrested in Ebonyi State for allegedly packaging and retailing skunk to local youth.
- Multi-state tactical operations led by the anti-narcotics agency successfully disrupted drug enclaves in Edo, Imo, Kano, and Gombe states.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has executed a series of high-impact operations across Nigeria, leading to the interception of massive consignments of illicit substances and the arrest of multiple suspected traffickers.
Eko Hot Blog reports that according to an official statement released on Sunday by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the Taraba State Command acted on credible intelligence to stop a commercial truck traveling from Onitsha, Anambra State, to Jalingo.
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A comprehensive search of the vehicle, which was ostensibly loaded with construction and building materials, carried out at the Nukkai Timber Shade in Jalingo, uncovered a major illicit drug stash hidden underneath the cargo.
NDLEA operatives promptly arrested a 22-year-old suspect, Buhari Abdullahi, in connection with the vehicle, recovering 320,840 capsules of tramadol, 600 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 4,500 pills of rohypnol, and 299 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup.
In another striking development, the anti-narcotics agency demonstrated that advanced age poses no barrier to the strict enforcement of the law. In Ebonyi State, operatives tracked down and apprehended a 75-year-old grandfather, Okebe Samuel, at Okposi.
The septuagenarian was allegedly caught in possession of 300 grams of skunk, which investigators revealed he had been actively dividing into retail sachets to sell directly to the vulnerable youth within his immediate community.
Meanwhile, the Imo State Command conducted a successful raid on a notorious drug enclave located at Umulolo in Orlu, arresting a 32-year-old female suspect, Chioma Okeke, and confiscating 8 kilograms of skunk from the premises.
The agency’s relentless crackdowns extended further south to Edo State, where law enforcement officials arrested four traffickers, including three women, during targeted raids across Benin City.
At Uyosa, operatives arrested 24-year-old Chioma Igba and 22-year-old Precious Ozomah with a combined haul of 176 grams of skunk, 65 grams of Loud, and 5 grams of methamphetamine.
Along Agbor Road, 21-year-old Anita Abraham was taken into custody with 95 grams of Scottish Loud and 329 grams of regular Loud, while 43-year-old Henry Okey was intercepted at Upper Mission with an assortment of psychotropic substances.
Up north in Kano State, 19-year-old Saifullahi Lawan was intercepted at the Kafi area of Madobi with 40 blocks of skunk weighing 38 kilograms, while Gombe State operatives apprehended 28-year-old Ugwu Ifebuchi near Dantiti Plaza in Tumfure with 15,000 tramadol capsules.
Reacting to these significant milestones, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), highly commended the dedication of the officers and reiterated the agency’s unyielding stance on fully dismantling all drug supply chains across Nigeria.
