NDLEA, Arrests Deaf, Dumb, Other For Dealing In Drug Smuggling
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested deaf, dumb, and other suspected drug traffickers for dealing in illicit substances and recovered 546,700 pills.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested deaf, dumb, and other suspected drug traffickers for dealing in illicit substances and recovered 546,700 pills.
The suspect, discovered to be deaf and dumb was dealing on illicit substances at Samaru area of Zaria, Kaduna State, were he was picked up at about the time he was selling the drugs.
He was arrest with 150 grams of cannabis which was later recovered from him, while selling the psychoactive substance.
Another suspect, Ibrahim Sani, 56, was also arrested in possession of 51 kilograms of same substance at Tirkaniya area of the state.
The agency also intercepted 14.5 tons of Ghanaian Loud linked to wanted drug baron in Lagos
Femi Babafemi, the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, in a statement on Sunday 4, February, 2024, said the intercepted large consignments of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis sativa, was smuggled into Lagos, from Ghana and was loaded in two trucks and a J5 bus with a total weight of 14, 524.8 kilograms.
"Meanwhile, a male deaf and dumb suspect dealing in illicit substances has been arrested at Samaru area of Zaria, Kaduna state. At the time of his arrest, 150 grams of cannabis were recovered from him while selling the psychoactive substance. Another suspect, Ibrahim Sani, 56, was also arrested in possession of 51 kilograms of same substance at Tirkaniya area of the state."
According to Babafemi, the three vehicles conveying jumbo bags of the psychoactive substance were trailed and intercepted at Ojuelegba area of Lagos in the early hours of Sunday 28th January 2024.
He disclosed that in the process of blocking the vehicles, two of the drivers jumped off on motion, while the third driver, 66-year-old Nasiru Ojomu, who works with wanted Akala, Mushin based drug baron, Suleiman Jimoh (alias Olowo Idi Ogede, also known as Temo) was arrested.
Babafemi revealed that in the last three years, NDLEA operatives have seized several shipments of same psychoactive substance worth billions of naira linked to Temo.
He explained that the wanted drug lord had since gone into hiding while the Agency continues manhunt for him.
"In the same vein, NDLEA operatives on routine patrol around a warehouse sealed at Church street, Idumota, Lagos by the Agency over an ongoing investigation on Thursday 1st February arrested three suspects: Joseph Joshua; Muhammed Adamu and Balarabe Musa who burgled the store and loaded 546,700 pills of tramadol and other opioids into a waiting yellow bus marked BDG 447 XD and an unregistered Suzuki minibus
"Operatives in Abuja on Wednesday 31st January arrested Emmanuel Paul with 43.5kg cannabis concealed in used shoes loaded in a trailer coming from Ogbese, Ondo state to be delivered at Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. In Katsina state, NDLEA officers on patrol along Dutsinma - Katsina road on Friday 2nd February apprehended a suspect, Murtala Isah, 35, with a total of 37,600 pills of tramadol and other opioids recovered from him.
"In Kogi state, operatives on Wednesday 31st January destroyed 833.32 kilograms of cannabis sativa on a two acre of farmland at Iluke community, Kabba- Bunu LGA while the owner, Samuel Atonila, 49, was equally arrested.
"On the same day, operatives in Nasarawa also arrested three suspects: Muhammed Musa, Bilyaminu Musa and Sadiya Ya'u with same psychoactive substance weighing 24.4kg at Uke, Karu local government area of the state, while no less than 258 kilograms of same substance were recovered from a bush store around Ikare bypass, Owo, Ondo state.
"Commending the arrests and seizures of the past week by officers and men of the Lagos, Kaduna, Ondo, Katsina, Nasarawa, Kogi and FCT Commands, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) charged them and their compatriots across all formations of the Agency to continue to remain vigilant and double their efforts on both drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction simultaneously." The statement said.
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