By IBIRONKE ARIYO

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an ex-convict, female online vendor and others in raids conducted in Jigawa, Lagos, Ogun, Edo, Delta, Oyo, FCT, Enugu, and Kwara states.

The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

Giving a breakdown, Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives in Edo state on Tuesday, Jan. 13 raided the Arokpa forest, Uzebba town, Owan West LGA, leading to the arrest of another drug lord, and seizure of 320kg skunk and seeds.

Meanwhile, in the FCT, Abuja, operatives on Friday, Jan. 16 tracked and arrested a 44-year-old lady following intelligence on her online sale of illicit substances.

“At the time of her arrest, 2.2kg skunk and litres of cannabis oil which she produces in her kitchen and sells through online advertisement were recovered from her home at the Kaura district, Abuja.

“Another suspect was on Tuesday, Jan. 13 arrested with 148.3 grams of cocaine and skunk at his 12 Biskira street, Abacha Estate, Abuja home,” he said.

Also, 118.1kg skunk was seized from two suspects at Fadeyi area of Mushin Lagos on Friday, Jan. 16 adding that not less than 116kg of the same substance was recovered from a warehouse at the new market area of Enugu the same day.

Similarly, two suspects were on Thursday, Jan. 15 arrested by NDLEA operatives along Onitsha -Asaba expressway in Delta, while conveying 410,800 pills of tramadol.

“Other drugs intercepted include 84.2 litres of codeine syrup; 82,250 tablets of diazepam; 900 tabs of swinol and 65 pills of Molly,” he said.

In Oyo state, a suspect was nabbed on Thursday, Jan. 15 at Moniya, Ibadan, with 321 litres of skuchies, and 2.5kg Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis.

Babafemi said that another suspect was caught the same day at Odo-Ona, Ibadan, in possession of 5.4kg Scottish Loud; 1.696kg skunk and 2.5kg Colorado, bringing the total weight to 9.696 kilograms.

In another raid at Agbeni area of the state capital, 52,430 pills of tramadol and bromazepam were recovered from the store of Orji Edwin, currently at large, on Saturday, Jan. 17.

In Kwara state, NDLEA operatives on Tuesday, Jan. 13 raided a residential building at Gamo area of Ilorin where they seized 42 bags of skunk that weighed 387.40kg.

Babafemi said that a total of 157,519 bottles of codeine syrup were discovered in a container at the Apapa port in Lagos during a joint examination of the shipment by NDLEA, Customs and other security agencies on Friday, Jan. 16.

In the same vein, an ex-convict, was arrested with various quantities of skunk and exol-5 pills along with his accomplice in Ringim, Jigawa, on Saturday, Jan. 17.

“Before his arrest, he attempted to escape by climbing the roofs of many houses in his bid to escape.

“He was armed with a machete which he used to threaten NDLEA operatives and even inflicted injury on one of the officers,” he said.

Meanwhile, across all Commands and formations of the Agency nationwide, NDLEA officers continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities in schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week.

These include: WADA enlightenment lecture to students and staff of Umar Bin Khathab Islamiyyah School, Kurna, Kano; Tumbey College, Kajola Maya, Ikorodu, Lagos.

Also, Anglican Secondary School, Makurdi, Benue; members of Katsina emirate, Katsina; and residents of Maitumbi community, Minna, Niger state among others. (NAN)

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