NDLEA nabs 60 at Abuja drug party, destroys 18,632kg of cannabis in Edo forest

Suspects on parade
Intercepts N7.3b codeine consignments as two excrete 150 cocaine wraps in Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 60 suspects comprising 25 males and 35 females at an apartment in Sun City Estate in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

The arrest followed a raid at a drug party dubbed: ‘Go Hard or Go Home. Pick your Poison’. The raid followed credible intelligence about the drug party organised by one Stanley Ikechukwu who was arrested at the venue.

Also, the anti-drug agency intercepted 6,125 cartons of codeine syrup containing 1.05 million bottles of the opioid worth over N7.3 billion in street value, at the Port Harcourt ports complex, Onne, Rivers State.

The seizure made from six containers on Saturday, June 29, was the third of such in the past four weeks. It followed credible intelligence and diligent tracking of the consignments from their port of departure by a special operations unit of NDLEA, which worked in partnership with the Port Harcourt ports command of the agency and other security agencies, including the Customs Service for a 100 per cent joint examination of the targeted containers.

Spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement yesterday, said at the end of the joint examination of the six containers, 6,125 cartons containing 1.05nmillion bottles of codeine syrup weighing 157,500kg were recovered.

Also, NDLEA officers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, arrested two passengers travelling to Doha on a Qatar Airways flight at the screening point of terminal 2 after they tested positive to ingestion of illicit substances on Friday, June 21.

The suspects: Aikhomoun Daniel (alias Oladapo Olanrewaju) and Ayigoro Waheed Omobolaji were thereafter taken into observatory custody.
While Daniel excreted 90 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.022kg in six excretions, Ayigoro discharged 60 wraps of the same Class A substance with a total weight of 662gm.

Further investigation revealed that Aikhomoun Daniel actually stole the identity of his late uncle who was once based in Germany, a decision he claimed he took to get a Schengen visa to help him have free access to Europe, and that his real name is Oladapo Olanrewaju.

About 40.32kg of Loud, an imported strong strain of cannabis, was on Friday, June 28, recovered in a black Toyota Tacoma truck along Lekki-Ikoyi road when the driver jumped off the vehicle after noticing that NDLEA operatives were on his trail.

At least, six of the suspects: Victoria Adoga; Hamza Yari; Joanne Essein Joy; Socchima Valentine; Jago Imole; and Charles Indobuibisi, were arrested with different quantities of ecstasy and cannabis.

The Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) directed that 20 of the suspects who tested negative to drugs be released unconditionally, while 33 others who tested positive were to be released on bail, and will report at the FCT Command on Monday to begin treatment and counselling.

Similarly, four suspects: Endurance Okon, 24; Joseph Michael, 23; Ovoco Bright, 43; and Goday Abanum, 23, were arrested in the deep forest of Ugun, Igueben Local Council of Edo State on Saturday, June 29, when NDLEA operatives raided and destroyed 18,632.22kg of cannabis on 7.452888 hectares of farmland.

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