Arrests Nigerien with illicit drugs concealed in pesticide tanks, two ladies, 17 others in raids
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted another consignment of 175,000 bottles of codeine imported from India. The feat came barely a week after seizing a shipment of 175,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Port Harcourt Ports complex in Onne, Rivers State.
The two seizures followed earlier intelligence, which made the agency request that the shipment be stepped down for 100 per cent examination. The latest seizure of 875 cartons of codeine containing 175,000 bottles and weighing 26,250kg, was made on Friday, June 7, during a joint examination by NDLEA, Customs and other security agencies.
Spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement yesterday, said the container marked HASU 4787890 from India, was enroute C to C bonded terminal in Enugu.
In the same vein, NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) on Wednesday, June 5, intercepted five different parcels containing illicit drugs concealed in ladies’ clothes and synthetic hair bound for the United States and United Kingdom.
Some of the seized drugs include 620 ampoules of pentazocine injection, promethazine, and other opioids. The drug consignments were seized at a courier firm in Lagos.
In Kebbi State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kalgo-Birnin Kebbi road, on Saturday, June 8, arrested a 32-year-old Nigerien, Hassan Mummuni, with 4,000 pills of diazepam and 1.250kg of cannabis concealed in four pesticide tanks, while operatives in Gombe State same day arrested Ibrahim Abubakar (aka Alhaji) at Herwagana, with 6,740 pills of tramadol and 20,000 tablets of diazepam.
About 1,098 bottles of codeine-based syrup were recovered from a suspect, Onyekachi ThankGod Iwula, 42, following his arrest in a commercial bus at Aloma junction, Otukpa, Ogbadibo Local Council, Benue State.
In Bauchi State, NDLEA officers on patrol along Ningi-Kano road, on Wednesday, June 5, arrested a 20-year-old lady, Hasana Usman, with 25 blocks of Cannabis sativa that weighed 28.2kg, while their counterparts in Yobe State nabbed Ali Mohammed, 42, along Kano-Potiskum road with 19,000 pills of tramadol 225mg concealed in a black sack and the suspect’s travelling bag.
