NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the suspects had concealed the drugs inside the engine compartment of a Mercedes-Benz SUV and in a woman’s travel bag.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced significant busts in Borno and Yobe states, saying it intercepted suspected suppliers of illicit drugs to terrorists and bandits.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the suspects had concealed the drugs inside the engine compartment of a Mercedes-Benz SUV and in a woman’s travel bag.
However, their plan was foiled by operatives during stop-and-search operations in the two states.
The statement said, “In Borno, following weeks of intelligence, NDLEA officers on Saturday, 27th September, arrested Baba Kaka Ibrahim, 26, at Njimtilo village while driving a Mercedes-Benz GLK marked JRE 987 AE towards the Damaturu road. A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 39,380 pills of tramadol 225mg and exol-5 stuffed in the engine compartment of the jeep.
“Same day in Yobe state, NDLEA operatives intercepted a lady, Halima Adamu, along the Damaturu-Maiduguri road, where 39 parcels of Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis weighing 1.4kg, were found concealed inside the casing of her travelling bag.”
The statement added, “A swift follow-up operation led to the arrest of another lady linked to the consignment, Habiba Muhammad, at her Baga road, Maiduguri home.”
In other breakthrough operations, NDLEA’s spokesman, stated two suspects identified as Aliyu Sani, 27, and Yahaya Tata, 26, were arrested on Saturday, September 27, by NDLEA operatives along Zaria – Kano Road, Gadar Tamburawa, Kano State with 30,030 pills of tramadol seized from them, while three suspects, namely Friday Elebechi, 35; Tobin Godgift, 30; and Aya Clement, 30, were arrested by NDLEA operatives at Swali jetty, Yenagoa, Bayelsa on Monday, September 22, after 12kg of skunk, a strain of cannabis and 50 Diana AAA cartridges were recovered from them.
It said, “A 45-year-old ex-convict Femi Owoeye (aka Do Good) was on Thursday 25th September arrested by NDLEA officers at his 24 Oke-Igele street, Ikere Ekiti home. He was found in possession of 32kg skunk and 10.5grams of tramadol. He had been convicted and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for a similar drug trafficking offence in 2016.
“In Kaduna, a suspect Adedamola Olayeni, 56, was on Monday 22nd September arrested with 404 blocks of skunk weighing 262.6kg at the Abuja – Kaduna tollgate. The consignment was found in his Honda Pilot jeep marked MKA 499 TT, coming from Osogbo, Osun state and heading to Katsina state.
“Another suspect, Zubairu Haruna, 30, was on Wednesday 24th September found with 506grams of methamphetamine at the Gwantu – Fadan Karshi check point, Kaduna while a follow up operation in Gombe state led to the arrest of the actual receiver of the consignment Babangida Mohammed, 25.”
According to the statement, “no fewer than 85,100 pills of tramadol and other opioids were seized from the trio of Dauda Abubakar; Abdullahi Umar, and Ismaila Muhammed at Apapa area of Lagos on Monday, 22nd September, while NDLEA operatives in Abuja the following day, Tuesday 23rd September, arrested Opeyemi Ogundipe, 40, with 2.1kg Colorado along Abaji- Gwagwalada expressway.”
Babafemi revealed that in Edo, their officers destroyed a total of 12,115.6kg of skunk on 4.846244 hectares of cannabis plantation at Uromi forest in Esan West LGA.
The operation, which took place on September 23, resulted in the arrest of two suspects identified as Ernest Uche, 44, and Felix Mugorga, 31, and the evacuation of 345.5kg of processed substance.
It said, “At Ogu forest, Igueben LGA, no less than 12,031.245kg of same psychoactive substance was destroyed on 4.438442 hectares of cannabis farm on Wednesday 24th September with 106.1kg processed consignment evacuated.
“A truck conveying 82 bags of skunk concealed in bags of charcoal with a total weight of 1,025kg was intercepted by NDLEA operatives along Wareke-Auchi road, Etsako West LGA on Friday 26th September while two suspects: Kabiru Abdulahi, 35; and Anas Safiyanu, 20, were apprehended in connection with the seizure.”
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