A Brazil-based drug dealer, Okafor Okwudili Moses has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over a 2.55 kilograms of cocaine recovered from a toilet at the E-Arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos.
The drug was discovered in the toilet of the airport on 12th November, 2021 after it was dumped there by a trafficker who was obviously scared of being caught by narcotic officers positioned at the airport.
The following day, according to the Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday, the actual owner of the consignment, Okafor arrived at the airport from Brazil via an Ethiopian Airline flight and was promptly arrested, upon confirmation that he is the owner of the seized illicit drug.
In other interdiction operations across the country, over 6,043.857 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs were recovered in five states of Adamawa, Ondo, Ekiti, Edo, and Ebonyi with more than two hectares of cannabis farms destroyed.
A suspected fake security agent, Abdullahi Mohammed, who claimed to be serving in one of the security formations in Mubi, Adamawa state was arrested with four blocks of Cannabis Sativa weighing 4kg along Bazza- Michika road.
In the same vein, four other suspects were arrested at different locations in Jimeta, Yola North LGA, with assorted substances such as cannabis, diazepam, exol- 5, and tramadol tablets.
In Ondo State, three persons were arrested on 15th November, and a total of 2,771kgs of cannabis was recovered from them at Oke Ogun camp, Ipele, Owo LGA, while 59-year-old Mrs. Joy Peter was nabbed with over 39kg cannabis and Tramadol tablets on 17th Nov. 2021
In the same vein, over 2, 832kg of drugs were seized and more than two hectares of cannabis farms were destroyed in parts of Ekiti state, while 2,582kg of Cannabis was recovered on 16th November from Itapaji forest, Ipao, Ikole LGA, 250kg was seized from Ise forest, Ise-Orun LGA where the cannabis farm was also destroyed on Thursday 18th November.
In Ebonyi, the NDLEA spokesman said a 29-year-old Ivoh Chukwuemeka accompanied by his girlfriend Ogbonna Peace, 18, was intercepted along the Enugu-Abakaliki expressway with 20.357kg cannabis on 19th November.
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