May 28, (THEWILL) – As the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intensifies operations at drug joints and routes nationwide ahead of the May 29 inauguration of new administrations across the country, its operatives have intercepted one Musa Muhammadu, with the consignment of 32 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), being taken to bandits’ camp in Niger State.
The agency, in a statement issued on Sunday, by its Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the suspect was caught with the explosives on Monday, May 22 along Wawa road, Kainj, Niger State
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the military.
The agency also said its officers at the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) have intercepted another shipment containing 379 grams of methamphetamine substance concealed in the false bottom of six black soap containers, packed in a carton containing local hand fans, heading to Cyprus in Europe.
The drugs, according to Babafemi, were recovered at a courier company in Lagos.
This is coming barely a week after NDLEA operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, intercepted a consignment of 30.10kg methamphetamine going to London, UK,
Similarly, in Adamawa state, “operatives on stop and search patrol along Michika Bazza road, on Friday, 26 May, arrested a Cameroonian, Ndawai Emma Ngalou, with a pair of Nigerian Army camouflage uniform bearing Sunday U and two ATM cards belonging to Turaki Mohammed and Ekene Izuegunam.
“Two ladies: Bilkisu Yusut, 33, and Kauna Katsina, 25, were on Monday, 22 May, arrested in Ningi town, Bauchi State, with 11,080 pills of tramadol, while Uche Shadrach, 22, was arrested with 20,480 pills of the same pharmaceutical opioid on Wednesday, 24 May, along Okene-Lokoja highway, Kogi State, on his way from Onitsha, Anambra State to Minna, Niger State.
“In the same vein, two suspects: Surajo Adamu and Muhammad Ali were arrested on Friday, 26 May, with 379,200 tablets of Diazepam in Alimosho area of Lagos, while the MMIA Command of the Agency took custody of 22 cartons of Tramadol 225mg weighing 1,144.30kg and 12 cartons of Tramadol 120mg with a total weight of 320kg, all containing 2,317,400 pills transferred to the Agency by the Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, on Thursday, 25 May.
“In Delta State, NDLEA operatives, supported by men drawn from the Nigerian Army, NSCDC and the Police, on Wednesday, 24 May, raided the notorious Abbi town, Ndokwa West LGA, where three suspects: Eunice Eneh, 52; Animan Ifeoma, 26, and Chuks Webema Dennis, 35, were arrested with a total of 343.9kg of cannabis recovered from them.
“A similar mop-up operation in Bayelsa has led to the arrest of a wanted suspect, Ozoemena Egbochue, 38, at the Swali market in Yenagoa, on Monday, 22 May, following the earlier arrest of his sales boy, Morgan Eredeowei, with 11,748 pills of tramadol and diazepam.
“While commending the officers and men of the Agency across all Commands nationwide for their professionalism and synergy with other law enforcement agencies in the mop-up operation, Marwa urged them to sustain the offensive action even after the Monday, 29 May, handover ceremonies.”
