The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of 65-year-old Ramata Bola Adeyemo in connection with alleged drug trafficking......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
In a statement issued by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, it was revealed that the suspect, a grandmother, was detained on December 6 at Odunfa Street, Lagos Island LGA, Lagos.
The agency stated that 20.6 litres of “codeine-based syrup” were recovered from Adeyemo at the time of her arrest.
In a separate operation, NDLEA operatives apprehended Egwu Phillip Inya, who was allegedly attempting to collect 7.40 kg parcels of “Loud,” a synthetic strain of cannabis, concealed inside three units of pressure machines.
Babafemi confirmed that Inya, who claimed to be a building engineer, was arrested on December 2 at the Okeyson motor park in Enugu.
“The consignments had arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos import shed on 29th November 2024,” the statement noted.
“Following credible intelligence, officers of the MMIA strategic command of the agency monitored the shipment through the clearing processes, ultimately reaching a logistics company’s warehouse outside the airport where it was set to be collected by the consignee.”
“The importer, however, changed the point of collection to Enugu at the last minute. As a result, NDLEA operatives, in a follow-up operation, arrested Egwu when he arrived to collect the consignments.”
In addition, NDLEA seized at least 511,000 pills of “tramadol” from a Siena vehicle on December 6 at Hildi, Askira Uba way in Adamawa.
Operatives on patrol noticed the vehicle’s occupants taking evasive action after spotting the NDLEA team. After a brief pursuit, the suspects abandoned the vehicle, leaving the illicit cargo behind.
In Ekiti State, two suspects, Olanrewaju Alale, 48, and Babatunde Kayode Ijadahun, 55, were apprehended along Ise-Emure road in a J5 bus marked “EPE 958 XJ” while transporting 108 jumbo bags of cannabis weighing 1,323 kilograms. The duo claimed the consignment was being moved to the North for distribution. Another suspect, Adekunle Yusuf, 33, was arrested by NDLEA operatives on December 6 at Idere Road, Igboora, Oyo State, with 704 kilograms of the same drug concealed in white sacks.
“Also arrested in Lagos was Alhaji Lawan Manga, who was detained at Ogundana Street, Ikeja on Thursday, December 5, with 4.7 kg of cannabis and 1.3 kg of tramadol recovered from him,” the statement concluded.
