The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted two imported consignments of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, with a combined weight of 5,344.1 kilograms along the Epe-Lekki corridor and at the Alfa beach, Lekki area of Lagos State.
According to Mr Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, the interceptions were made based on credible intelligence.
In a statement on Sunday, he mentioned that NDLEA operatives set up an ambush for a white truck carrying 50 jumbo bags of the illicit substance weighing 2,434.1kg along the Epe-Lekki expressway in the early hours of June 19th.
The statement explained that the truck driver abandoned the vehicle and escaped in a security Hilux van that was escorting the truck. The anti-narcotics officers successfully immobilized the truck carrying the drug exhibits.
Similarly, on June 20th, officers of the Marine Command of the Agency intercepted a boat loaded with the same imported substance weighing 2,910kg around Alfa Beach upon its arrival from Ghana. Two Ghanaians, Monday Saba and Hakeem Kwana, who were found with the consignments, were promptly arrested.
In Niger State, two suspects, Abubakar Mohammed and Nuhu Sale, were arrested on June 18th along the Abuja expressway in Suleja with 31 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 517kg.
In addition, a 30-year-old woman named Amina Alilu was arrested with 171kg of the substance on June 21st at Ogbogodo village in Dekina LGA, Kogi State.
Furthermore, a suspected fake female security agent, Ogedegbe Dorcas, was apprehended at Ajegunle Asa Dam Area of Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday with 30kg of cannabis. In Oyo State, NDLEA operatives intercepted Segun Olajide, a 42-year-old man, with 49.2kg of the same substance on Saturday in Oyo town.
Babafemi praised the officers and men of the Lagos, Kogi, Niger, Kwara, Oyo, Edo, and Marine Commands for preventing over five tons of illicit substances from entering circulation in the country over the past week.
He also stated that Chairman and Chief Executive of the Agency, Brig-Gen. Mohamed Marwa (Rtd), urged them and their colleagues in other formations to remain committed to the corporate goal of eradicating substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria.
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