Four persons who were declared wanted in connection with over 16,000 kilogrammes (16 tons) of illicit drugs intercepted in Lagos, Abuja and the Netherlands, have topped the list of arrests made by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in parts of the country last week.
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Spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, stated in Lagos that anti-narcotics officers who have been on the trail of a 48-year-old Aro Aderinde for many weeks, arrested him on October 16 over his involvement in the export of 3,149 kilogrammes cannabis sativa concealed in coconut fibres via container number MSKU 1820587.
In the same vein, two women, Hauwawu Bashiru and Basirat Yahaya, linked to the attempt to export 90 kilogrammes of methamphetamine through Pastor Anietie Effiong of Promise of Zion Church, Oron, Akwa Ibom State, were also arrested in Lagos and moved to Uyo to face charges along with the clergyman. Pastor Effiong was earlier arrested on August 6, 2022.
Babafemi further revealed that a notorious drug dealer in the Mushin-Isolo axis of Lagos, Monday Michael, 45, was arrested last Monday while conveying 365.7 kilogrammes of cannabis in two Toyota Sienna space buses marked FST 189 FD and FST 273 GF.
He said another drug lord, Abdulkadir Mohammed, 47, wanted over the seizure of 5,640 kilogrammes cannabis at a warehouse in Chukuku area of Kuje, Abuja, was nabbed on October 16, following the arrest of his wife, Saadatu Abdullahi, 35, who was found at the store when it was raided.
He said in Edo State, at least 10 suspects were arrested in connection with the seizure of 4,870.2 kilogrammes cannabis in some parts of the state, adding that last Wednesday, operatives stormed Ohusu forest boundary, Ovia South West Local Government Area where they recovered a total of 3,159.7 kilogrammes and arrested three suspects, Effiong Udo; Daniel Ebong and Asuquo Effiong.
Similarly, last Saturday, operatives intercepted a Toyota Sienna conveying 49 bags of C/S weighing 638.5 kilogrammes on Uwenusi road in Uhunmonde LGA, while 36 kilogrammes of the same substance stored in the bush on Uromi/Ubiaja road were equally recovered.
In another operation, three suspects, John Paul, Liberty Rolland, and Aboki Stephen, were arrested at Okpe in Akoko Edo with 55 kilogrammes of cannabis.
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