Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested
Mbala Dajou Abuba, an Angolan, over an alleged attempt to traffic a large consignment of cocaine.
Gatekeepers News reports that the agency announced this in a statement by Femi Babafemi, its spokesman.
The suspect was arrested on February 25 at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport screening area in Kano.
He was scheduled to board an Egypt Air flight
MS 880 en route to Istanbul, Turkey via Cairo when a body scan allegedly revealed he ingested an illicit drug.
The statement reads, “He was thereafter placed under excretion observation during which he expelled 120 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.829 kilograms in seven excretions.”
“In his statement, the suspect claimed he was into the business of township delivery services in Angola before delving into the illicit drug trade.”
Similarly, NDLEA operatives arrested Okeke Igwe for allegedly attempting to export two parcels of 1.10kg cocaine concealed in vehicle propellers to Angola.
The agency operatives also arrested Lawali Mohammed, a citizen of Benin Republic, with 2,980 tablets of tramadol and dozens of diazepam pills at Eiyenkorin expressway, Ilorin, Kwara state.
The statement added, “At the Tincan seaport in Lagos, NDLEA operatives on Friday 28th February discovered a total of 128 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed in two mattresses in the trunk of a Toyota Venza car imported from Canada.”
“The discovery of the 63.75kg consignment was made during a joint examination of a targeted container marked TCNU 1945861 from Montreal, Canada, by NDLEA, Customs and other security agencies. The consignee of the shipment, 44-year-old Bamidele Joseph has been arrested and taken into custody.”
“In Delta state, NDLEA operatives supported by the military on Thursday 27th February stormed a forest in Innam-Abbi/Orogun community, Ndokwa West local government area where they destroyed over 50,000kg cannabis on a 20-hectare farm land. Five suspects arrested during the raid include: Augustine Subaru, 45; Ukoba Malachukwu, 53; Odalonu Emmanuel, 40;
Esuabom Macaulay, 35; and Itoje Safe, 54.”
