Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled an attempt by a syndicate to steal at least N2.7 billion from the Nigerian economy by pushing into circulation fake $4.7 million cash.
The operatives on Friday intercepted a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja at Abaji. A controlled delivery of the parcelled fake US dollars totalling $4,760, 000.00 led to the arrest of a principal suspect, 52-year-old Abdulmumini Maikasuwa.
The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the seizure followed intelligence received by the FCT Command of the agency detailing the movement of the cash and the vehicle conveying it.
Meanwhile, Chairman and Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brig-Gen. Mohamed Marwa (Rtd) has directed that both the cash and the suspect in custody be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation.
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In Kwara State, barely three weeks after a nursing mother, Mrs. Rashidat Adebayo, was granted administrative bail following her arrest for dealing in illicit drugs, operatives have again arrested her in Offa with Tramadol, Swinol, Diazepam and Pentazocine injection ampules.
Before her recent arrest on Thursday, Babafemi said the nursing mother had been arrested and granted bail on January 24, 2022 for dealing in similar drugs.
In the same vein, NDLEA officers have arrested two drug dealers: Sani Isa (aka Bilaz) and Bala Yerima in Hong, Adamawa State with 239 blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 209kg, just as operatives of the Bauchi State Command intercepted a truck marked FFF 422 XB coming from Lagos to Maiduguri, at Azare, Bauchi and a total of 164.8kg of cannabis sativa concealed in peak milk cartons was recovered from the truck.
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