NDLEA Arrests 6-Month Pregnant Woman, Along With 23 Other Suspected Drug Suppliers....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

NDLEA operatives have apprehended a six-month pregnant woman, a mother of three, and three other females, along with a 42-year-old man, among a total of 24 suspected drug traffickers and suppliers arrested in significant interdiction operations conducted last week….READ MORE

These arrests led to the confiscation of over 7,609 kilograms of various illicit drugs across eight states.

According to Femi Babafemi, the agency’s spokesperson, a substantial portion of the seizures consisted of concealed opioid pills intended for delivery to insurgent/terrorist strongholds in the Banki area of Borno State.

He stated, “The majority of the seizures occurred in Nasarawa State, where NDLEA operatives, acting on credible intelligence on February 4, intercepted a truck bearing registration number Lagos JJJ 64 YC, transporting 367 jumbo bags of cannabis sativa weighing 4,037 kilograms from Akure, Ondo State, destined for delivery at the Shabu area of Lafia, the state capital.”

“Three suspects, namely Shuaibu Liman, aged 35; Monday Audu, aged 33; and Linus Samuel, aged 42, were apprehended in connection with the seizure.”

Babafemi continued, “On the following day, February 5, operatives in Abuja, FCT, arrested Jibrin Shuaibu, aged 23, and Prosper Innih, aged 17, with 169 bags and 80 blocks of compressed cannabis sativa weighing 1,961.5 kilograms concealed in a truck bearing registration plate Ogun WDE 557 XC. The truck was intercepted during a stop and search operation on the Abaj-Abuja highway while en route from Uzeba to Dei-Dei, FCT.”

“In another operation conducted by NDLEA operatives in Abuja on February 6, a suspect named Abdulhameed Dauda, aged 27, was apprehended with 89 kilograms of the same psychoactive substance loaded into his truck in Owo, Ondo State, intended for delivery at Gwagwalada in FCT.”

“The same day, operatives also intercepted another driver, Hassan Ade, aged 30, transporting 696.5 kilograms of the same substance loaded in Idoani, Ondo State, destined for delivery at Gwagwalada and Dei-Dei in FCT. A follow-up operation resulted in the arrest of Mrs. Joy Chukwuka, aged 42, a mother of three children, linked with the consignment.”

“In Ondo State, besides the seizure of 633.5 kilograms of cannabis at Eleyere, Ogbese in Akure North LGA, NDLEA operatives also recovered 59 jumbo bags of the same substance loaded in a truck marked GAD 287 XA, heading to the Northern part of the country.”

“Detergents were sprayed on the cannabis bags ostensibly to suppress the odor of the psychoactive weed, while 192 packs of table water were loaded on top to conceal the illicit consignment.”