The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested four notorious female drug dealers in Edo, Imo, Kano and Gombe states.
The Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Giving a break down, Babafemi said that in Edo, an intense sweep of notorious drug hotspots within Benin City by NDLEA operatives on June 2, led to the arrest of four key traffickers, including three females.
“At Uyosa, Benin City, two female suspects, were nabbed with a cocktail of illicit substances including 176 grams of skunk, 65g of Loud, and 5 grams of Methamphetamine.
“Along Agbor road in Benin City, another female suspect, 21-year-old Anita Abraham, was apprehended with 95 grams of Scottish Loud and 329 grams of regular Loud.
“At Upper Mission, Benin City, a male suspect, was arrested with a diverse cache of psychotropic substances consisting of Loud, Colorado, Swinol, and Methamphetamine.
“A swift operation by operatives in Kano State on Thursday, June 4, led to the arrest of a 19-year-old suspect, Saifullahi Lawan at the Kafi area of Madobi, with 40 blocks of skunk weighing a total of 38 kilograms.
In a related development, he said, operatives in Gombe state on June 1 intercepted a 28-year-old suspect near the Dantiti Plaza in the Tumfure area of Gombe.
“The suspect was caught with 15,000 capsules of tramadol,”he said.
He said the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands and formations equally continued across the country in the past week.
Reacting to the string of successful operations, the NDLEA Chairman, retired, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa commended the officers, men and women of the Imo, Edo, Kano, and Gombe commands for their resilience and vigilance.
Marwa also praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for pursuing a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
He re-emphasised that the agency remains fully committed to dismantling drug supply chains and would continue to target traffickers regardless of age, gender, or concealment methods.
Also, NDLEA has intercepted a large consignments of various opioids and illicit substance concealed in building materials in Taraba.
Babafemi said that a major blow was dealt to opioid trafficking networks in Taraba on Saturday.
This, he said followed a credible intelligence which led to the interception of a truck conveying building materials from Onitsha, Anambra state to Jalingo.
“A thorough search of the vehicle by NDLEA operatives at the Nukkai Timber Shade, Jalingo, led to the discovery of a massive drug stash concealed beneath the cargo.
” A 22-year-old suspect was promptly arrested.
“Officials recovered 320,840 capsules of tramadol; 600 ampoules of pentazocine injection; 4,500 pills of rohypnol; and 299 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup from the truck ,”he said.
Meanwhile, Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives in a relentless nationwide offensive against drug cartels, arrested a 75-year-old grandfather in Ebonyi.
Babafemi said that the septuagenarian was found in possession of 300g of skunk, which he sells in retail sachets to the youth in his community.
In Imo state, NDLEA officers successfully raided a known drug enclave at Umulolo, Orlu.
The raid resulted in the arrest of a notorious female dealer, 32-year-old Chioma Okeke, and the recovery of 8kg 8 of skunk”, he said.
