NDLEA INTERCEPTS COCAINE, OPIOIDS HIDDEN IN EXPORT CARTONS BOUND FOR UK, AUSTRALIA
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By: Muftau Fatimo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted consignments of cocaine and various opioids concealed inside cartons prepared for shipment to the United Kingdom and Australia.
The agency disclosed that the seizures were made on Friday at a courier company in Lagos during the routine examination of export consignments destined for both countries.
According to the NDLEA, operatives uncovered 170 grams of cocaine carefully sealed in cellophane parcels and hidden within the walls of a carton packed with clothes intended for Australia.
The development was revealed in a statement issued on Sunday by the Director of Media and Advocacy at the NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja, Femi Babafemi.
Babafemi further disclosed that another carton bound for the United Kingdom was found to contain a cache of opioids, including 200 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 1,100 capsules of tramadol, and 100 ampoules of promethazine injection.
In a related operation in Delta State, NDLEA operatives on Sunday stormed Ejeonu village in Ukwuani Local Government Area, where they destroyed 27,500 kilograms of skunk cultivated on 11 hectares of farmland. The operatives also recovered 22.9 kilograms of the same substance.
Following the raid, a 52-year-old suspect identified as Ifeanyichukwu Peter was arrested during a follow-up operation in Obiaruku.
Babafemi added that another operation carried out on Tuesday in Orogun village, Ughelli North Local Government Area, resulted in the destruction of 37,500 kilograms of skunk on 15 hectares of farmland. NDLEA operatives also recovered 55.4 kilograms of the psychoactive substance and arrested a 30-year-old suspect, Godwin Vincent Osadera.
The NDLEA spokesperson stated that the combined operations, conducted with support from military personnel, led to the destruction of a total of 65,000 kilograms of skunk across the two Delta communities.
While 361kg skunk was recovered and a suspect Husaini Suleiman, arrested during a raid operation at Dan Magaji area of Zaria town, Kaduna state on Wednesday.
NDLEA also disclosed that a large cache of military-grade ammunition was intercepted by NDLEA officers on patrol along Abuja-Kaduna highway, Kaduna on Tuesday.
A suspect, 35-year-old Abdullahi Hassan was caught conveying the 1,989 rounds of RLA 7.62mm concealed in fresh white cassava granules locally known as garri. Both the suspect and exhibit have since been transferred to another security agency for further investigation.
In FCT Abuja, NDLEA operatives on Monday 11th May arrested a 29-year-old businessman Ogadi Peter who specializes in producing drug laced cakes and cookies for parties and social gatherings in the capital city. Following credible intelligence, he was traced to his home in Life Camp area of the FCT where he was nabbed while 800grams of skunk and 2.70kg drug laced cookies recovered from him.
While 181kg skunk was recovered from a suspect Aliyu Sani when NDLEA operatives raided the Ogere area of Ogun state on Wednesday, another suspect Sufiyanu Mohammed Misa, 27, was arrested with 105,850 pills of opioids including tramadol, diazepam and exol-5 along Zaki- Biam road Wukari LGA, Taraba state on Thursday.
In Oyo state, two suspects: Adeleke Olamide Aliyah, 20, and Aloba Abdulazeez, 25, were arrested on Thursday at Challenge II, Saki town, in connection with the seizure of 99 litres of skuchies, while a total of 1,388.4175 kilograms of skunk were destroyed on two farms on Friday when NDLEA officers raided Ago forest, Orhionmwon LGA, Edo state.
A 25-litre jerry can of palm oil used to conceal 1.2kg pills of tramaking 225mg was recovered from Kofar Ruwa motor park in Kano on Monday following credible intelligence while a suspect Aminu Isa, 35, was arrested at Sabuwar Sharada area of the state same day with 30.5kg skunk.
While commending the officers and men of DOGI, Delta, Kaduna, Oyo, Taraba, Kano, FCT and Edo Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures of the past week, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) also praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for pursuing a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
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