As NDLEA seizes 5.40kg cocaine going to Owerri;
intercepts another shipment concealed in motor parts heading to Angola; 128
parcels of Canadian Loud hidden in matrasses at Tincan; destroys 52,459kg skunk
in Delta, Edo forests
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman Mbala Dajou
Abuba at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano for
attempting to traffic a large consignment of cocaine, which he ingested, to
Istanbul Turkey.
Abuba who is from the Zaire province in Angola was
arrested on Tuesday 25th February 2025 at the screening point of the Kano
airport while trying to board Egypt Air flight MS 880 to Istanbul, Turkey via
Cairo. After his body scan result confirmed he ingested illicit drug, he was
thereafter placed under excretion observation during which he expelled 120
pellets of cocaine weighing 1.829 kilograms in seven excretions. In his
statement, the suspect claimed he was into the business of township delivery
services in Angola before delving into the illicit drug trade.
A similar attempt by an auto spare parts dealer, Okeke
Ebuka Igwe, to send two parcels of 1.10kg cocaine concealed in vehicle
propellers to Angola through the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, was thwarted by NDLEA operatives who
arrested him on Monday 24th February following credible intelligence.
During an interview with the suspect, he claimed that
he is a businessman selling auto parts in ASPANDA, Trade Fair Complex, Ojo area
of Lagos.
The bid by another suspect, Ezechi Iyke Cyprian to
move a large consignment of cocaine weighing 5.40 kilograms to Owerri, Imo
state in his Toyota Sienna bus on Sunday 23rd February was frustrated by
operatives of a special operations unit of NDLEA who arrested him following
weeks of intelligence and surveillance.
At the Tincan seaport in Lagos, NDLEA operatives on
Friday 28th February discovered a total of 128 parcels of Canadian Loud, a
strong strain of cannabis concealed in two matrasses in the trunk of a Toyota
Venza car imported from Canada. The discovery of the 63.75kg consignment was
made during a joint examination of a targeted container marked TCNU 1945861
from Montreal, Canada, by NDLEA, Customs and other security agencies. The
consignee of the shipment, 44-year-old Bamidele Joseph has been arrested and
taken into custody.
In Delta state, NDLEA operatives supported by the
military on Thursday 27th February stormed a forest in Innam-Abbi/Orogun
community, Ndokwa West local government area where they destroyed over 50,000kg
cannabis on a 20-hectare farm land. Five suspects arrested during the raid
include: Augustine Subaru, 45; Ukoba Malachukwu, 53; Odalonu Emmanuel, 40;
Esuabom Macaulay, 35; and Itoje Safe, 54.
In another operation in Delta, NDLEA operatives on
Friday 28th February intercepted a Mercedes Benz truck marked AWK 791 ZJ along Abraka-Orogun road. A search of the
truck led to the recovery of 101 bags of skunk with a total weight of 1,111kg.
In Edo state, NDLEA officers supported by the military
on Saturday 1st March raided the Okpuje community in Owan West LGA where they
destroyed over 100 jumbo bags of skunk in warehouses and recovered a total of
1,409.5kg of the psychoactive substance for the prosecution of arrested
suspects: Oikelomen Osere Monday, 38 and Glory Iroyo, 42.
While a suspect, Michael Omoloki, 46, was arrested
with 58.5 kilograms of skunk at the Ibadan end of the Lagos -Ibadan expressway,
Oyo state, operatives in Kwara state on Monday 24th February nabbed a Beninoise
Lawali Mohammed with 2,980 tablets of tramadol and dozens of diazepam pills at
Eiyenkorin expressway, Ilorin.
In Osun, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Ibadan/
Gbongan expressway on Thursday 27th February intercepted a consignment of
1.05kg skunk concealed in detergent soap and biscuit carton, while Sunday Ogbu,
45, was arrested in connection with the seizure. A suspect Ayuba Mustapha, 30,
was arrested at Tsafe, Zamfara state with 24,700 pills of tramadol on Sunday
23rd February.
In Borno state, Mustapha Shettima, 50, was arrested by
NDLEA operatives with 31kg skunk, 1,000 pills of tramadol and N720,000 monetary
exhibit along Bama road, Maiduguri on Wednesday 26th February, while Adamu
Idris, 40, was nabbed along Zaria road, Kano, same day with 140 blocks of
cannabis weighing 73.5kg.
With the same vigour, Commands and formations of the
Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse, WADA,
sensitization activities to schools, worship centres, work places and
communities among others in the past week. These include: WADA enlightenment
lecture to students and staff of Ansarudeen Junior Secondary School, Ojuelegba,
Lagos; Loretto Girls Special Science School, Adazinnukwu, Anambra state and
Tudun Murtala Special Primary School, Nasarawa LGA, kano state, among others.
While commending the officers and men of MMIA, MAKIA, SOU, Tincan, Delta, Edo, Oyo, Kano, Osun, Borno, Zamfara and Kwara Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) stated that their operational successes and those of their compatriots across the country especially their balanced approach to drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts are well appreciated.
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