In Lagos, operatives raided Idumota market on October 14 and arrested Elizabeth Chidera Kalu, recovering 10,600 ampoules of diazepam injection and 6,500 tablets of Molly from her retailer.
The following day, two 35-year-old males, Idowu Daudu and Ahmed Oniyinde, have been arrested in Mushin with 59.95kg and 61.23kg of skunk, respectively.
Also on October 15, officers intercepted a truck coming from Trade Fair market alongside Iyana Oba and arrested its loading supervisor, Tajudeen Adeduntan, and his assistant, Azeez Sikiru.
“A search of the truck led to the restoration of 18,000 drugs of tramadol 250mg, hid in cartons labelled as Rambo insecticide,” the assertion mentioned.
In Edo State, NDLEA operatives raided Warake, Ivhiaro and Ewe/Irue communities in Owan East Local Government Area between October 15 and 16, arresting six suspects.
They included 85-year-old Grace Ehimeka, who was discovered with 179kg of skunk in Warake; Ayo Aigberadion, 53, with 220.8kg at Ewe/Irue; Ali Garba, 57, with 5.852kg; and Habib Braimoh, 45, with 100 grams.
Others have been Musa Mubid, 35, discovered with 2kg of hashish, hashish seeds, tramadol, Swinol and diazepam, and Hope Okoro, 35, who had 237 grams of Canadian Loud.
In Ondo State, officers raided a hashish farm at Okemoro Isinbode camp forest on October 17 and destroyed 7,500kg of skunk cultivated on three hectares of land.
Five suspects have been arrested: Asikpo Ekpeyoung, 43; Solomon Okpani, 22; Ubong Friday, 35; Joseph Friday, 22; and Ekenimi Seth, 35.
The operatives additionally recovered 92 luggage of skunk weighing 1,267kg, 11kg of hashish seeds and 3kg of contemporary stems, totalling 1,281kg.
In a separate operation in Owo on October 16, 53-year-old Okunebe Ndidi was traced to his hideout in Ameyinti, the place officers recovered 25 luggage of hashish weighing 375kg.
In Bauchi State, officers arrested Shamsu Garba, 35, at Ragwam village in Katagum Local Government Area on October 14 after intercepting his Volkswagen Golf wagon. They recovered 894,800 drugs of tramadol capsules and Exol-5 tablets.
The similar day, operatives on patrol alongside the Bauchi-Gombe Road recovered 291 blocks of hashish weighing 265kg from an deserted automobile at Tudun Natsira village.
In Kano, Ali Abdullahi, 38, and Ibrahim Adamu, 23, have been arrested alongside the Zaria-Kano Road on October 13 with 30,100 tablets of tramadol 225mg. Murtala Dayyabu, 54, was arrested at Niger Street, Malan Kato, the next day with 100,000 tablets of Exol-5.
In Kaduna State, a raid at Kayimi village led to the arrest of Mohammed Sani, 48; Zaharadeen Shafiu, 29; and Yakubu Abdullahi, 20, with 496.5kg of hashish.
At Food Palace, Ali Akilu Road, Kaduna, officers arrested John Ayo David, 39, with 49,500 tablets of tramadol 225mg.
In the FCT, 42-year-old Odo Jonas Ejike was arrested within the Utako space on October 17 with 29,500 capsules of tramadol.
NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa, retd., counseled officers of the Apapa, Tincan, Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Lagos, Edo, Bauchi, Ondo, Kano and FCT instructions for his or her professionalism and intelligence-driven operations.
He urged them and different officers throughout the nation to maintain efforts towards drug trafficking networks whereas sustaining the company’s balanced method to drug management.
