Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has arrested a 96-year-old retired soldier, Pa Joseph Owherhi in the Suleja area of Niger state for dealing in illicit drugs.
The old man was arrested in his house at Rafin Sanyi area of Suleja on Saturday with three kilograms of skunk based on credible intelligence.
The retired soldier confessed in his statement that he has been living on the illicit trade since he retired from the military in 1982 and also claimed he has eight wives and 50 children.
The Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday said,
four trans-border drug traffickers were also arrested in Adamawa state while attempting to cross the land border on a motorcycle in Kolere village, Mubi North LGA to Cameroon on Sunday, with packs of Tramadol, concealed inside noodles cartons.
The suspects include Ibrahim Aliyu; Umar Mohammed; Aliyu Adamu; and Usman Adamu.
Babafemi said narcotics officers had during a raid the previous day arrested a drug dealer, Chimezie Okorie at Layin ‘Yan Gwanjo, Mubi market where assorted drugs such as 23kg of Tramadol and 32kg of Diazepam injection were recovered from him.
In Oyo state, he said, a 35-year-old fashion designer, Abiodun Abubakar was on Monday, arrested at Bodija market, Ibadan North LGA with 24.2kg of cannabis Sativa and, in Lagos, coordinated string operations across parts of the state led to the arrest of 13 suspects, with a total of 238 kilograms of cannabis and two grams of cocaine recovered from them.
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