Operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) have arrested a 40-year-old lady, Khadijah Abdullahi, for being in possession of 424 bottles of codeine-based syrup in Kano State.
Abdullahi was apprehended on Tuesday, March 18, at Lungun Bulala Yalwa space following intelligence-driven surveillance by NDLEA officers. Her arrest is a part of the company’s intensified crackdown on drug trafficking and abuse throughout the nation.
The NDLEA, in an announcement signed by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrest alongside different latest drug seizures in Kano, Lagos, and different components of Nigeria.
“In one other interdiction operation in Kano, NDLEA officers on Thursday twentieth March arrested a 45-year-old suspect, Michael Ogundele, with a 50-litre metal fuel cylinder at Gadar Tamburawa, alongside Zaria-Kano highway. Based mostly on credible intelligence, welding instruments have been later used to chop the enormous cylinder, after which 50,000 capsules of tramadol 225mg hid in it have been extracted,” the assertion learn.
Equally, Sunday Ogar, 40, was nabbed at Gunduwawa space on Wednesday, March 19, with 27kg of skunk, a pressure of hashish.
The NDLEA famous that these arrests underscore the company’s dedication to tackling drug trafficking networks within the nation.
The company additionally emphasised its continued Conflict In opposition to Drug Abuse (WADA) initiative, which incorporates sensitization packages in colleges, markets, workplaces, and worship facilities.
Whereas commending the officers concerned within the newest drug seizures, NDLEA Chairman/Chief Government, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), urged personnel to stay relentless of their efforts.
“The company stays dedicated to dismantling drug provide networks whereas additionally intensifying advocacy to curb drug abuse amongst Nigerians,” Marwa acknowledged.
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