Arnold Maniru, a 22-year-old youth corps member, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Abuja for smuggling 4 kg of poisoned candies from the United Kingdom, just as officers have intercepted cookies laced with drugs bound for the United Arab Emirate in Lagos.
A statement from the agency on Sunday said the youth corps member serving with a government agency in Abuja was arrested on Saturday 28th August, 2021 following the interception of a consignment at the warehouse of a transport company. A controlled delivery of the parcel, which contains the candies laced with Arizona, a strong variant of cannabis and some liquid, was subsequently carried out.
In a similar vein, courier company operators in Lagos intercepted 1.2kg of cannabis hidden inside locally made cookies on their way to Dubai, UAE, and 920 grams of cocaine hidden inside synthetic hair on their way to Saudi Arabia. Another 1.08kg of cannabis was discovered packed in spray cans on its way to Pakistan, as well as 625 grams of methamphetamine hidden in garments on its way to Australia.
Across the states, operatives also intensified arrests of traffickers and seizures of illicit drugs. A total of 384.7 kilograms of assorted narcotics being transported to the nation’s capital, Abuja for sale were intercepted and seized at patrol points in Lokoja, Kogi state on Monday 30th August and Thursday 2nd September, 2021.
A truck with registration number Plateau AA 462 QAP, driven by a 50-year-old Danlami Dodo, coming from Onitsha, Anambra, with Abuja, FCT as destination, was intercepted at a patrol point in Lokoja. Upon a search, the following psychoactive substances were discovered packed in sacks and cartons:
1,975 bottles of Cough Syrup with Codeine weighing 282kg; 199 packets of Exol-5 tablets weighing 75.4kg; 250 packets of Diazepam tablets weighing 15.4kg; Cannabis Sativa weighing 5.9kg; and 1 packet of Ketamine injection, all weighing 378.7kilograms.
On Thursday, a Toyota Hiace bus carrying passengers from Ojota, Lagos, to Abuja was halted and checked at the Lokoja patrol post, where 6kg of Arizona was discovered packaged in cartons and suffocated in a white sack.
In Rivers state, one Obey James was apprehended during a raid with 4.2grams of heroin, 1.9grams of cocaine, and 5.4grams of methamphetamine, while in Niger state, two suspects, Eze John and Michael Ifediegwu, were apprehended along the Zungeru-Tegina road with 18kg of Exol 5, 2kg of Tramadol, and 1000 ampoules of pentazocine injection bound for Kontagora.
In Kano, a drug dealer, Chiduzie Ibegbunam, was arrested with 16.8grams of cocaine and 0.6grams of heroin while 158,000 monetary exhibit was recovered from his when his joint was raided.
In Nasarawa state, 22 suspects were arrested and 43.9kilograms of illicit drugs seized when operatives stormed notorious drug joints in Gadabuke forest, Toto LGA and Down base/timber shed both in Nasarawa LGA, dismantled and set ablaze their makeshift homes. In Borno state, Caleb Okezuonu was arrested with 352 bottles of Codeine Syrup and 876 tablets of Rohypnol during a raid.
Curiously, Caleb is on court bail, for two earlier charges filed against him by the state command of the NDLEA. The latest arrest makes it his third arrest for drug offences. During the raid, 11.5grams of Tramadol and N307, 255 monetary exhibit were recovered from another suspect who escaped and has been declared wanted.
In Ebonyi state, a military personnel, Anayo Nwamban, who bought 1.1kg of cannabis from Mami market, planted same in his elder brother’s house and then made a report to the NDLEA office with a view to implicating his brother, was arrested on Friday 3rd September. After the arrest of his supplier, he admitted purchasing and planting same in his own brother’s house.
Reacting to the arrests and seizures in the past week across FCT, Kogi, Rivers, Kano, Niger, Borno, Nasarawa and Ebonyi state commands as well as the Directorate of Operation and General Investigations, NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the commanders, officers and men of the commands for keeping the flame burning and maintaining the heat on drug traffickers and dealers. He assured them that President Muhammadu Buhari is well seized of their efforts and remains committed to improving their welfare as they intensify the ongoing war against drug abuse and trafficking across the country.
Arnold Maniru, a 22-year-old youth corps member, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Abuja for smuggling 4 kg of poisoned candies from the United Kingdom, just as officers have intercepted cookies laced with drugs bound for the United Arab Emirate in Lagos.
A statement from the agency on Sunday said the youth corps member serving with a government agency in Abuja was arrested on Saturday 28th August, 2021 following the interception of a consignment at the warehouse of a transport company. A controlled delivery of the parcel, which contains the candies laced with Arizona, a strong variant of cannabis and some liquid, was subsequently carried out.
In a similar vein, courier company operators in Lagos intercepted 1.2kg of cannabis hidden inside locally made cookies on their way to Dubai, UAE, and 920 grams of cocaine hidden inside synthetic hair on their way to Saudi Arabia. Another 1.08kg of cannabis was discovered packed in spray cans on its way to Pakistan, as well as 625 grams of methamphetamine hidden in garments on its way to Australia.
Across the states, operatives also intensified arrests of traffickers and seizures of illicit drugs. A total of 384.7 kilograms of assorted narcotics being transported to the nation’s capital, Abuja for sale were intercepted and seized at patrol points in Lokoja, Kogi state on Monday 30th August and Thursday 2nd September, 2021.
A truck with registration number Plateau AA 462 QAP, driven by a 50-year-old Danlami Dodo, coming from Onitsha, Anambra, with Abuja, FCT as destination, was intercepted at a patrol point in Lokoja. Upon a search, the following psychoactive substances were discovered packed in sacks and cartons:
1,975 bottles of Cough Syrup with Codeine weighing 282kg; 199 packets of Exol-5 tablets weighing 75.4kg; 250 packets of Diazepam tablets weighing 15.4kg; Cannabis Sativa weighing 5.9kg; and 1 packet of Ketamine injection, all weighing 378.7kilograms.
On Thursday, a Toyota Hiace bus carrying passengers from Ojota, Lagos, to Abuja was halted and checked at the Lokoja patrol post, where 6kg of Arizona was discovered packaged in cartons and suffocated in a white sack.
In Rivers state, one Obey James was apprehended during a raid with 4.2grams of heroin, 1.9grams of cocaine, and 5.4grams of methamphetamine, while in Niger state, two suspects, Eze John and Michael Ifediegwu, were apprehended along the Zungeru-Tegina road with 18kg of Exol 5, 2kg of Tramadol, and 1000 ampoules of pentazocine injection bound for Kontagora.
In Kano, a drug dealer, Chiduzie Ibegbunam, was arrested with 16.8grams of cocaine and 0.6grams of heroin while 158,000 monetary exhibit was recovered from his when his joint was raided.
In Nasarawa state, 22 suspects were arrested and 43.9kilograms of illicit drugs seized when operatives stormed notorious drug joints in Gadabuke forest, Toto LGA and Down base/timber shed both in Nasarawa LGA, dismantled and set ablaze their makeshift homes. In Borno state, Caleb Okezuonu was arrested with 352 bottles of Codeine Syrup and 876 tablets of Rohypnol during a raid.
Curiously, Caleb is on court bail, for two earlier charges filed against him by the state command of the NDLEA. The latest arrest makes it his third arrest for drug offences. During the raid, 11.5grams of Tramadol and N307, 255 monetary exhibit were recovered from another suspect who escaped and has been declared wanted.
In Ebonyi state, a military personnel, Anayo Nwamban, who bought 1.1kg of cannabis from Mami market, planted same in his elder brother’s house and then made a report to the NDLEA office with a view to implicating his brother, was arrested on Friday 3rd September. After the arrest of his supplier, he admitted purchasing and planting same in his own brother’s house.
Reacting to the arrests and seizures in the past week across FCT, Kogi, Rivers, Kano, Niger, Borno, Nasarawa and Ebonyi state commands as well as the Directorate of Operation and General Investigations, NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the commanders, officers and men of the commands for keeping the flame burning and maintaining the heat on drug traffickers and dealers. He assured them that President Muhammadu Buhari is well seized of their efforts and remains committed to improving their welfare as they intensify the ongoing war against drug abuse and trafficking across the country.
Arnold Maniru, a 22-year-old youth corps member, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Abuja for smuggling 4 kg of poisoned candies from the United Kingdom, just as officers have intercepted cookies laced with drugs bound for the United Arab Emirate in Lagos.
A statement from the agency on Sunday said the youth corps member serving with a government agency in Abuja was arrested on Saturday 28th August, 2021 following the interception of a consignment at the warehouse of a transport company. A controlled delivery of the parcel, which contains the candies laced with Arizona, a strong variant of cannabis and some liquid, was subsequently carried out.
In a similar vein, courier company operators in Lagos intercepted 1.2kg of cannabis hidden inside locally made cookies on their way to Dubai, UAE, and 920 grams of cocaine hidden inside synthetic hair on their way to Saudi Arabia. Another 1.08kg of cannabis was discovered packed in spray cans on its way to Pakistan, as well as 625 grams of methamphetamine hidden in garments on its way to Australia.
Across the states, operatives also intensified arrests of traffickers and seizures of illicit drugs. A total of 384.7 kilograms of assorted narcotics being transported to the nation’s capital, Abuja for sale were intercepted and seized at patrol points in Lokoja, Kogi state on Monday 30th August and Thursday 2nd September, 2021.
A truck with registration number Plateau AA 462 QAP, driven by a 50-year-old Danlami Dodo, coming from Onitsha, Anambra, with Abuja, FCT as destination, was intercepted at a patrol point in Lokoja. Upon a search, the following psychoactive substances were discovered packed in sacks and cartons:
1,975 bottles of Cough Syrup with Codeine weighing 282kg; 199 packets of Exol-5 tablets weighing 75.4kg; 250 packets of Diazepam tablets weighing 15.4kg; Cannabis Sativa weighing 5.9kg; and 1 packet of Ketamine injection, all weighing 378.7kilograms.
On Thursday, a Toyota Hiace bus carrying passengers from Ojota, Lagos, to Abuja was halted and checked at the Lokoja patrol post, where 6kg of Arizona was discovered packaged in cartons and suffocated in a white sack.
In Rivers state, one Obey James was apprehended during a raid with 4.2grams of heroin, 1.9grams of cocaine, and 5.4grams of methamphetamine, while in Niger state, two suspects, Eze John and Michael Ifediegwu, were apprehended along the Zungeru-Tegina road with 18kg of Exol 5, 2kg of Tramadol, and 1000 ampoules of pentazocine injection bound for Kontagora.
In Kano, a drug dealer, Chiduzie Ibegbunam, was arrested with 16.8grams of cocaine and 0.6grams of heroin while 158,000 monetary exhibit was recovered from his when his joint was raided.
In Nasarawa state, 22 suspects were arrested and 43.9kilograms of illicit drugs seized when operatives stormed notorious drug joints in Gadabuke forest, Toto LGA and Down base/timber shed both in Nasarawa LGA, dismantled and set ablaze their makeshift homes. In Borno state, Caleb Okezuonu was arrested with 352 bottles of Codeine Syrup and 876 tablets of Rohypnol during a raid.
Curiously, Caleb is on court bail, for two earlier charges filed against him by the state command of the NDLEA. The latest arrest makes it his third arrest for drug offences. During the raid, 11.5grams of Tramadol and N307, 255 monetary exhibit were recovered from another suspect who escaped and has been declared wanted.
In Ebonyi state, a military personnel, Anayo Nwamban, who bought 1.1kg of cannabis from Mami market, planted same in his elder brother’s house and then made a report to the NDLEA office with a view to implicating his brother, was arrested on Friday 3rd September. After the arrest of his supplier, he admitted purchasing and planting same in his own brother’s house.
Reacting to the arrests and seizures in the past week across FCT, Kogi, Rivers, Kano, Niger, Borno, Nasarawa and Ebonyi state commands as well as the Directorate of Operation and General Investigations, NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the commanders, officers and men of the commands for keeping the flame burning and maintaining the heat on drug traffickers and dealers. He assured them that President Muhammadu Buhari is well seized of their efforts and remains committed to improving their welfare as they intensify the ongoing war against drug abuse and trafficking across the country.
Arnold Maniru, a 22-year-old youth corps member, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Abuja for smuggling 4 kg of poisoned candies from the United Kingdom, just as officers have intercepted cookies laced with drugs bound for the United Arab Emirate in Lagos.
A statement from the agency on Sunday said the youth corps member serving with a government agency in Abuja was arrested on Saturday 28th August, 2021 following the interception of a consignment at the warehouse of a transport company. A controlled delivery of the parcel, which contains the candies laced with Arizona, a strong variant of cannabis and some liquid, was subsequently carried out.
In a similar vein, courier company operators in Lagos intercepted 1.2kg of cannabis hidden inside locally made cookies on their way to Dubai, UAE, and 920 grams of cocaine hidden inside synthetic hair on their way to Saudi Arabia. Another 1.08kg of cannabis was discovered packed in spray cans on its way to Pakistan, as well as 625 grams of methamphetamine hidden in garments on its way to Australia.
Across the states, operatives also intensified arrests of traffickers and seizures of illicit drugs. A total of 384.7 kilograms of assorted narcotics being transported to the nation’s capital, Abuja for sale were intercepted and seized at patrol points in Lokoja, Kogi state on Monday 30th August and Thursday 2nd September, 2021.
A truck with registration number Plateau AA 462 QAP, driven by a 50-year-old Danlami Dodo, coming from Onitsha, Anambra, with Abuja, FCT as destination, was intercepted at a patrol point in Lokoja. Upon a search, the following psychoactive substances were discovered packed in sacks and cartons:
1,975 bottles of Cough Syrup with Codeine weighing 282kg; 199 packets of Exol-5 tablets weighing 75.4kg; 250 packets of Diazepam tablets weighing 15.4kg; Cannabis Sativa weighing 5.9kg; and 1 packet of Ketamine injection, all weighing 378.7kilograms.
On Thursday, a Toyota Hiace bus carrying passengers from Ojota, Lagos, to Abuja was halted and checked at the Lokoja patrol post, where 6kg of Arizona was discovered packaged in cartons and suffocated in a white sack.
In Rivers state, one Obey James was apprehended during a raid with 4.2grams of heroin, 1.9grams of cocaine, and 5.4grams of methamphetamine, while in Niger state, two suspects, Eze John and Michael Ifediegwu, were apprehended along the Zungeru-Tegina road with 18kg of Exol 5, 2kg of Tramadol, and 1000 ampoules of pentazocine injection bound for Kontagora.
In Kano, a drug dealer, Chiduzie Ibegbunam, was arrested with 16.8grams of cocaine and 0.6grams of heroin while 158,000 monetary exhibit was recovered from his when his joint was raided.
In Nasarawa state, 22 suspects were arrested and 43.9kilograms of illicit drugs seized when operatives stormed notorious drug joints in Gadabuke forest, Toto LGA and Down base/timber shed both in Nasarawa LGA, dismantled and set ablaze their makeshift homes. In Borno state, Caleb Okezuonu was arrested with 352 bottles of Codeine Syrup and 876 tablets of Rohypnol during a raid.
Curiously, Caleb is on court bail, for two earlier charges filed against him by the state command of the NDLEA. The latest arrest makes it his third arrest for drug offences. During the raid, 11.5grams of Tramadol and N307, 255 monetary exhibit were recovered from another suspect who escaped and has been declared wanted.
In Ebonyi state, a military personnel, Anayo Nwamban, who bought 1.1kg of cannabis from Mami market, planted same in his elder brother’s house and then made a report to the NDLEA office with a view to implicating his brother, was arrested on Friday 3rd September. After the arrest of his supplier, he admitted purchasing and planting same in his own brother’s house.
Reacting to the arrests and seizures in the past week across FCT, Kogi, Rivers, Kano, Niger, Borno, Nasarawa and Ebonyi state commands as well as the Directorate of Operation and General Investigations, NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the commanders, officers and men of the commands for keeping the flame burning and maintaining the heat on drug traffickers and dealers. He assured them that President Muhammadu Buhari is well seized of their efforts and remains committed to improving their welfare as they intensify the ongoing war against drug abuse and trafficking across the country.
Arnold Maniru, a 22-year-old youth corps member, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Abuja for smuggling 4 kg of poisoned candies from the United Kingdom, just as officers have intercepted cookies laced with drugs bound for the United Arab Emirate in Lagos.
A statement from the agency on Sunday said the youth corps member serving with a government agency in Abuja was arrested on Saturday 28th August, 2021 following the interception of a consignment at the warehouse of a transport company. A controlled delivery of the parcel, which contains the candies laced with Arizona, a strong variant of cannabis and some liquid, was subsequently carried out.
In a similar vein, courier company operators in Lagos intercepted 1.2kg of cannabis hidden inside locally made cookies on their way to Dubai, UAE, and 920 grams of cocaine hidden inside synthetic hair on their way to Saudi Arabia. Another 1.08kg of cannabis was discovered packed in spray cans on its way to Pakistan, as well as 625 grams of methamphetamine hidden in garments on its way to Australia.
Across the states, operatives also intensified arrests of traffickers and seizures of illicit drugs. A total of 384.7 kilograms of assorted narcotics being transported to the nation’s capital, Abuja for sale were intercepted and seized at patrol points in Lokoja, Kogi state on Monday 30th August and Thursday 2nd September, 2021.
A truck with registration number Plateau AA 462 QAP, driven by a 50-year-old Danlami Dodo, coming from Onitsha, Anambra, with Abuja, FCT as destination, was intercepted at a patrol point in Lokoja. Upon a search, the following psychoactive substances were discovered packed in sacks and cartons:
1,975 bottles of Cough Syrup with Codeine weighing 282kg; 199 packets of Exol-5 tablets weighing 75.4kg; 250 packets of Diazepam tablets weighing 15.4kg; Cannabis Sativa weighing 5.9kg; and 1 packet of Ketamine injection, all weighing 378.7kilograms.
On Thursday, a Toyota Hiace bus carrying passengers from Ojota, Lagos, to Abuja was halted and checked at the Lokoja patrol post, where 6kg of Arizona was discovered packaged in cartons and suffocated in a white sack.
In Rivers state, one Obey James was apprehended during a raid with 4.2grams of heroin, 1.9grams of cocaine, and 5.4grams of methamphetamine, while in Niger state, two suspects, Eze John and Michael Ifediegwu, were apprehended along the Zungeru-Tegina road with 18kg of Exol 5, 2kg of Tramadol, and 1000 ampoules of pentazocine injection bound for Kontagora.
In Kano, a drug dealer, Chiduzie Ibegbunam, was arrested with 16.8grams of cocaine and 0.6grams of heroin while 158,000 monetary exhibit was recovered from his when his joint was raided.
In Nasarawa state, 22 suspects were arrested and 43.9kilograms of illicit drugs seized when operatives stormed notorious drug joints in Gadabuke forest, Toto LGA and Down base/timber shed both in Nasarawa LGA, dismantled and set ablaze their makeshift homes. In Borno state, Caleb Okezuonu was arrested with 352 bottles of Codeine Syrup and 876 tablets of Rohypnol during a raid.
Curiously, Caleb is on court bail, for two earlier charges filed against him by the state command of the NDLEA. The latest arrest makes it his third arrest for drug offences. During the raid, 11.5grams of Tramadol and N307, 255 monetary exhibit were recovered from another suspect who escaped and has been declared wanted.
In Ebonyi state, a military personnel, Anayo Nwamban, who bought 1.1kg of cannabis from Mami market, planted same in his elder brother’s house and then made a report to the NDLEA office with a view to implicating his brother, was arrested on Friday 3rd September. After the arrest of his supplier, he admitted purchasing and planting same in his own brother’s house.
Reacting to the arrests and seizures in the past week across FCT, Kogi, Rivers, Kano, Niger, Borno, Nasarawa and Ebonyi state commands as well as the Directorate of Operation and General Investigations, NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the commanders, officers and men of the commands for keeping the flame burning and maintaining the heat on drug traffickers and dealers. He assured them that President Muhammadu Buhari is well seized of their efforts and remains committed to improving their welfare as they intensify the ongoing war against drug abuse and trafficking across the country.
Arnold Maniru, a 22-year-old youth corps member, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Abuja for smuggling 4 kg of poisoned candies from the United Kingdom, just as officers have intercepted cookies laced with drugs bound for the United Arab Emirate in Lagos.
A statement from the agency on Sunday said the youth corps member serving with a government agency in Abuja was arrested on Saturday 28th August, 2021 following the interception of a consignment at the warehouse of a transport company. A controlled delivery of the parcel, which contains the candies laced with Arizona, a strong variant of cannabis and some liquid, was subsequently carried out.
In a similar vein, courier company operators in Lagos intercepted 1.2kg of cannabis hidden inside locally made cookies on their way to Dubai, UAE, and 920 grams of cocaine hidden inside synthetic hair on their way to Saudi Arabia. Another 1.08kg of cannabis was discovered packed in spray cans on its way to Pakistan, as well as 625 grams of methamphetamine hidden in garments on its way to Australia.
Across the states, operatives also intensified arrests of traffickers and seizures of illicit drugs. A total of 384.7 kilograms of assorted narcotics being transported to the nation’s capital, Abuja for sale were intercepted and seized at patrol points in Lokoja, Kogi state on Monday 30th August and Thursday 2nd September, 2021.
A truck with registration number Plateau AA 462 QAP, driven by a 50-year-old Danlami Dodo, coming from Onitsha, Anambra, with Abuja, FCT as destination, was intercepted at a patrol point in Lokoja. Upon a search, the following psychoactive substances were discovered packed in sacks and cartons:
1,975 bottles of Cough Syrup with Codeine weighing 282kg; 199 packets of Exol-5 tablets weighing 75.4kg; 250 packets of Diazepam tablets weighing 15.4kg; Cannabis Sativa weighing 5.9kg; and 1 packet of Ketamine injection, all weighing 378.7kilograms.
On Thursday, a Toyota Hiace bus carrying passengers from Ojota, Lagos, to Abuja was halted and checked at the Lokoja patrol post, where 6kg of Arizona was discovered packaged in cartons and suffocated in a white sack.
In Rivers state, one Obey James was apprehended during a raid with 4.2grams of heroin, 1.9grams of cocaine, and 5.4grams of methamphetamine, while in Niger state, two suspects, Eze John and Michael Ifediegwu, were apprehended along the Zungeru-Tegina road with 18kg of Exol 5, 2kg of Tramadol, and 1000 ampoules of pentazocine injection bound for Kontagora.
In Kano, a drug dealer, Chiduzie Ibegbunam, was arrested with 16.8grams of cocaine and 0.6grams of heroin while 158,000 monetary exhibit was recovered from his when his joint was raided.
In Nasarawa state, 22 suspects were arrested and 43.9kilograms of illicit drugs seized when operatives stormed notorious drug joints in Gadabuke forest, Toto LGA and Down base/timber shed both in Nasarawa LGA, dismantled and set ablaze their makeshift homes. In Borno state, Caleb Okezuonu was arrested with 352 bottles of Codeine Syrup and 876 tablets of Rohypnol during a raid.
Curiously, Caleb is on court bail, for two earlier charges filed against him by the state command of the NDLEA. The latest arrest makes it his third arrest for drug offences. During the raid, 11.5grams of Tramadol and N307, 255 monetary exhibit were recovered from another suspect who escaped and has been declared wanted.
In Ebonyi state, a military personnel, Anayo Nwamban, who bought 1.1kg of cannabis from Mami market, planted same in his elder brother’s house and then made a report to the NDLEA office with a view to implicating his brother, was arrested on Friday 3rd September. After the arrest of his supplier, he admitted purchasing and planting same in his own brother’s house.
Reacting to the arrests and seizures in the past week across FCT, Kogi, Rivers, Kano, Niger, Borno, Nasarawa and Ebonyi state commands as well as the Directorate of Operation and General Investigations, NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the commanders, officers and men of the commands for keeping the flame burning and maintaining the heat on drug traffickers and dealers. He assured them that President Muhammadu Buhari is well seized of their efforts and remains committed to improving their welfare as they intensify the ongoing war against drug abuse and trafficking across the country.
Arnold Maniru, a 22-year-old youth corps member, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Abuja for smuggling 4 kg of poisoned candies from the United Kingdom, just as officers have intercepted cookies laced with drugs bound for the United Arab Emirate in Lagos.
A statement from the agency on Sunday said the youth corps member serving with a government agency in Abuja was arrested on Saturday 28th August, 2021 following the interception of a consignment at the warehouse of a transport company. A controlled delivery of the parcel, which contains the candies laced with Arizona, a strong variant of cannabis and some liquid, was subsequently carried out.
In a similar vein, courier company operators in Lagos intercepted 1.2kg of cannabis hidden inside locally made cookies on their way to Dubai, UAE, and 920 grams of cocaine hidden inside synthetic hair on their way to Saudi Arabia. Another 1.08kg of cannabis was discovered packed in spray cans on its way to Pakistan, as well as 625 grams of methamphetamine hidden in garments on its way to Australia.
Across the states, operatives also intensified arrests of traffickers and seizures of illicit drugs. A total of 384.7 kilograms of assorted narcotics being transported to the nation’s capital, Abuja for sale were intercepted and seized at patrol points in Lokoja, Kogi state on Monday 30th August and Thursday 2nd September, 2021.
A truck with registration number Plateau AA 462 QAP, driven by a 50-year-old Danlami Dodo, coming from Onitsha, Anambra, with Abuja, FCT as destination, was intercepted at a patrol point in Lokoja. Upon a search, the following psychoactive substances were discovered packed in sacks and cartons:
1,975 bottles of Cough Syrup with Codeine weighing 282kg; 199 packets of Exol-5 tablets weighing 75.4kg; 250 packets of Diazepam tablets weighing 15.4kg; Cannabis Sativa weighing 5.9kg; and 1 packet of Ketamine injection, all weighing 378.7kilograms.
On Thursday, a Toyota Hiace bus carrying passengers from Ojota, Lagos, to Abuja was halted and checked at the Lokoja patrol post, where 6kg of Arizona was discovered packaged in cartons and suffocated in a white sack.
In Rivers state, one Obey James was apprehended during a raid with 4.2grams of heroin, 1.9grams of cocaine, and 5.4grams of methamphetamine, while in Niger state, two suspects, Eze John and Michael Ifediegwu, were apprehended along the Zungeru-Tegina road with 18kg of Exol 5, 2kg of Tramadol, and 1000 ampoules of pentazocine injection bound for Kontagora.
In Kano, a drug dealer, Chiduzie Ibegbunam, was arrested with 16.8grams of cocaine and 0.6grams of heroin while 158,000 monetary exhibit was recovered from his when his joint was raided.
In Nasarawa state, 22 suspects were arrested and 43.9kilograms of illicit drugs seized when operatives stormed notorious drug joints in Gadabuke forest, Toto LGA and Down base/timber shed both in Nasarawa LGA, dismantled and set ablaze their makeshift homes. In Borno state, Caleb Okezuonu was arrested with 352 bottles of Codeine Syrup and 876 tablets of Rohypnol during a raid.
Curiously, Caleb is on court bail, for two earlier charges filed against him by the state command of the NDLEA. The latest arrest makes it his third arrest for drug offences. During the raid, 11.5grams of Tramadol and N307, 255 monetary exhibit were recovered from another suspect who escaped and has been declared wanted.
In Ebonyi state, a military personnel, Anayo Nwamban, who bought 1.1kg of cannabis from Mami market, planted same in his elder brother’s house and then made a report to the NDLEA office with a view to implicating his brother, was arrested on Friday 3rd September. After the arrest of his supplier, he admitted purchasing and planting same in his own brother’s house.
Reacting to the arrests and seizures in the past week across FCT, Kogi, Rivers, Kano, Niger, Borno, Nasarawa and Ebonyi state commands as well as the Directorate of Operation and General Investigations, NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the commanders, officers and men of the commands for keeping the flame burning and maintaining the heat on drug traffickers and dealers. He assured them that President Muhammadu Buhari is well seized of their efforts and remains committed to improving their welfare as they intensify the ongoing war against drug abuse and trafficking across the country.
Arnold Maniru, a 22-year-old youth corps member, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Abuja for smuggling 4 kg of poisoned candies from the United Kingdom, just as officers have intercepted cookies laced with drugs bound for the United Arab Emirate in Lagos.
A statement from the agency on Sunday said the youth corps member serving with a government agency in Abuja was arrested on Saturday 28th August, 2021 following the interception of a consignment at the warehouse of a transport company. A controlled delivery of the parcel, which contains the candies laced with Arizona, a strong variant of cannabis and some liquid, was subsequently carried out.
In a similar vein, courier company operators in Lagos intercepted 1.2kg of cannabis hidden inside locally made cookies on their way to Dubai, UAE, and 920 grams of cocaine hidden inside synthetic hair on their way to Saudi Arabia. Another 1.08kg of cannabis was discovered packed in spray cans on its way to Pakistan, as well as 625 grams of methamphetamine hidden in garments on its way to Australia.
Across the states, operatives also intensified arrests of traffickers and seizures of illicit drugs. A total of 384.7 kilograms of assorted narcotics being transported to the nation’s capital, Abuja for sale were intercepted and seized at patrol points in Lokoja, Kogi state on Monday 30th August and Thursday 2nd September, 2021.
A truck with registration number Plateau AA 462 QAP, driven by a 50-year-old Danlami Dodo, coming from Onitsha, Anambra, with Abuja, FCT as destination, was intercepted at a patrol point in Lokoja. Upon a search, the following psychoactive substances were discovered packed in sacks and cartons:
1,975 bottles of Cough Syrup with Codeine weighing 282kg; 199 packets of Exol-5 tablets weighing 75.4kg; 250 packets of Diazepam tablets weighing 15.4kg; Cannabis Sativa weighing 5.9kg; and 1 packet of Ketamine injection, all weighing 378.7kilograms.
On Thursday, a Toyota Hiace bus carrying passengers from Ojota, Lagos, to Abuja was halted and checked at the Lokoja patrol post, where 6kg of Arizona was discovered packaged in cartons and suffocated in a white sack.
In Rivers state, one Obey James was apprehended during a raid with 4.2grams of heroin, 1.9grams of cocaine, and 5.4grams of methamphetamine, while in Niger state, two suspects, Eze John and Michael Ifediegwu, were apprehended along the Zungeru-Tegina road with 18kg of Exol 5, 2kg of Tramadol, and 1000 ampoules of pentazocine injection bound for Kontagora.
In Kano, a drug dealer, Chiduzie Ibegbunam, was arrested with 16.8grams of cocaine and 0.6grams of heroin while 158,000 monetary exhibit was recovered from his when his joint was raided.
In Nasarawa state, 22 suspects were arrested and 43.9kilograms of illicit drugs seized when operatives stormed notorious drug joints in Gadabuke forest, Toto LGA and Down base/timber shed both in Nasarawa LGA, dismantled and set ablaze their makeshift homes. In Borno state, Caleb Okezuonu was arrested with 352 bottles of Codeine Syrup and 876 tablets of Rohypnol during a raid.
Curiously, Caleb is on court bail, for two earlier charges filed against him by the state command of the NDLEA. The latest arrest makes it his third arrest for drug offences. During the raid, 11.5grams of Tramadol and N307, 255 monetary exhibit were recovered from another suspect who escaped and has been declared wanted.
In Ebonyi state, a military personnel, Anayo Nwamban, who bought 1.1kg of cannabis from Mami market, planted same in his elder brother’s house and then made a report to the NDLEA office with a view to implicating his brother, was arrested on Friday 3rd September. After the arrest of his supplier, he admitted purchasing and planting same in his own brother’s house.
Reacting to the arrests and seizures in the past week across FCT, Kogi, Rivers, Kano, Niger, Borno, Nasarawa and Ebonyi state commands as well as the Directorate of Operation and General Investigations, NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the commanders, officers and men of the commands for keeping the flame burning and maintaining the heat on drug traffickers and dealers. He assured them that President Muhammadu Buhari is well seized of their efforts and remains committed to improving their welfare as they intensify the ongoing war against drug abuse and trafficking across the country.
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